Spinning my wheels, time is ticking away and I feel like I’m going no where and accomplishing nothing. I finished knitting the tilted duster and now it needs buttons. but the more I look at it the more I think the collar looks weird. Like too big? Not big enough? Too many stitches picked up? I can’t quite figure this darn thing out. I’m probably going to end up ripping it back to the picked up stitches & doing a few decrease rows across the back of the neck & shoulders because I don’t know what I did wrong. It just doesn’t look right. & Since my cousin is of the petite variety I can’t try this darn thing on to see what went wrong. Actually I did try it on & it would probably fit me (though not good) so that means that it will fit her just like a coat which is what she wanted (thank god) so this weekend I think I’m going to be redoing the collar on this sucker & hopefully sewing in buttons.

Another reason that I feel like I’m going no where?

Hello, I am big & black and going no where. Care to join me?

O_O This damn sweater. It is so freaking huge (for my dad) and done on size 5 needles. I really want to just be done. Why o WHY didn’t I choose a bulky yarn?! He lives in Minnesota for gods sake. But no. I’m stuck knitting the black sweater of death. I dig the cabling in front. That’s the only thing that’s making this worth while but damn, it’s a whole lot of knitting. Thankfully I’m a fast knitter or this would never be done.

I’m 6 inches past the arm pit. I have at  least 10 more inches till the ribbing. Then the sleeves.

Last night at knit group I was once again “enabled” by those lovely ladies and bought 4 skeins of Noro Silk Garden for my self striping noro scarf. I bought colors  84 &211 which got “that will be interesting” from some of the ladies. Which makes me laugh because babes, I was a freaking art major. If there’s one thing I can do it’s pick out great colors. Just you wait!

I just finished the  Natalya(by Jody Pirrello) mitts in Patons SWS and am in love. I forget sometimes how much I love bulkier projects. The speed & instant gratification is amazing. The fact that I can do 15 cable repeats and be DONE for one mit is amazing to me, considering I’ve already done 27 (times that by 9 not including sleeves) on my dad’s sweater and I’m only about 1/2 done.

 Tonight I’m going to see The Golden Compass with Matt. Have you searched your Daemon? I’m a raccoon which doesn’t surprise me at all