So Much Knitting, So Little Time

I find the more I knit, the more I don't get done! Maybe that was my problem all along. I just knit too much, so I never finished anything.

Well, that's all different now. With only one, or two, or even three things going, I can finish what I start. It's hard not to cast on that whiz-bang thing that you have just got to make, until you finish what you've got going. I know; I really want to make Mary Jane's Heart Cookie Mitts and Stephanie's Cloisonée mittens, but NOT until I finish what I've got going, as well as a sweater for my husband, which will probably not be done before it's too hot to wear it this year, but oh well. I have heaps and heaps of knitting to keep me entertained.

I got my wee mousie done on Sunday:

I finally ran out of the blue. Now I'm on to grey, a much nicer mouse-like color.

I finished the Little Girl Cardigan, except for the buttons:

I did have enough yarn to finish it! See what I have left? Hmmmm it's probably enough for a mouse and a half....

I did some work on the Baby Kimono:

I know what your thinking, Gigantor Baby, but trust me, it's not. It's all in one piece to the underarms, and it will be fine. I think. Although Lynne did ask me if it was a baby blanket when I was first starting it. 

For such a little thing, it sure has a lot of stitches! I knit for several hours and only got an inch and a half done. I am hoping it speeds up a little when it splits for the sleeves. 

Just for fun, and to take my knitting out if I am going anywhere, I started a pair of Man Socks for Christmas:

I am using Trekking XXL in burgundy, brown, yellow and green and making toe-up socks on size 1 needles. the pattern is Straight Up Socks, by Kellie Oreb for Knitter's Brewing Company. I'm changing the pattern a bit, as I don't want to do all that k 2, p 2 ribbing. It's funny, I like that ribbing and could do it endlessly in a scarf, but in socks, it drives me crazy. 

Now I've got to hurry up and finish the baby kimono, because the baby's coming, and also my husband's sweater is waiting....

Comments

[Shelagh]

I too get bored with plain old K2,P2 rib. So this is my "keep awake" solution:

Cast on multiple of 5. (You can decrease to multiple of 4 before the heel.)
Rnd 1: p2, k3.
Rnd 2: p2, slip 1, k2, psso two knit sts.
Rnd 3: p2, k1, yo, k1.
Rnd 4: p2, k3.

[Beth Collins]

I'll have to try that! Thanks!