No bitching, but some stitching today.

I skipped Stitch 'n' Bitch today just so I could have a quiet light lunch. I also knit, though! I did a ton of work on the sweater at Arisia this past weekend. I knit at parties, even. Sheesh. I'm a geek. But I guess that's ok at a sci-fi convention. Now, I've bound off on the body of the Super-Natural Stripes baby cardi, and have begun to weave in ends. I need to get some size 7 DPNs to do the main part of the sleeves. When I was shopping for materials for this sweater, I thought I had a set, but apparently I don't. Oops. I have sixes and eights, but not sevens. Magic loop is out because I don't have flexible enough cables on my circular needles. Oh well, I'll get some tomorrow. I really need to do a needle inventory and put it up on Ravelry. I might be able to take some pictures of the cardi in progress tonight. Also, maybe my hat. I need a shot of Coronet for Ravelry.

Edit: OMG OMG OMG!!! Knitty has a Bloody Stupid Johnson hat on their site now! Squee! I LOVE Discworld knitting! :D

Yarrrrrrn!

I've got a cold today--it hit yesterday--and I'm feeling kinda crappy. This means that tonight, I'm skipping dance class and doing laundry instead. This is a good thing for two reasons. One, I would not otherwise be able to do it until next week (and I'm running out of socks and underwear), and two, it gives me time to knit!

I went out on my lunch break today to get some gorgeous Blue Sky Organic Cotton to make the baby sweater for my coworker. I'm going to swatch it tonight, I think, and hopefully also cast on.

Wee'uns!

A woman I know just announced that she's pregnant and due in early May. I'd like to make her a simple baby sweater that would be good for a boy or girl. I was thinking of making a very simple striped cardi or raglan pullover in Blue Sky Alpaca's Organic Cotton yarn, because the neutral shades are great for any kid, cotton is hypoallergenic, and it's amazingly soft and squishy. Unfortunately, a quick look at the website told me that it's hand wash or dry clean only, and I'm not doing that to a new mom. Now, I've verified that my LYS carries Mission Falls 1824 Cotton. That looks to be about the same gauge, it has some nice soft neutrals, and it's machine washable AND dryable. Does anyone know if it's as soft and squishy as the Blue Sky organic? Would it be nice and snuggly for a baby? I'm thinking that if the kid's born in May, it'll start being able to wear a six months size sweater right about when it starts getting cool. :)

Crowning myself queen

I've been working on those damn lacy trellis socks for so long that I needed a break. I wanted to work with a thicker yarn and bigger needles, and I was getting a hankering for some cables. Couple that with the fact that I've been borrowing my boyfriend's hat since I lost mine, and the fact that I had a skein of Malabrigo left over from making the Knotted Openwork Scarf, and you get...Coronet! Yep, I'm making the Coronet hat from Knitty. I started it the day before New Year's Eve after winding the yarn into a ball the night before. I've been plugging away at it and am already about half done. I somehow managed to pick the stitches up from the band wrong first time around so that I had it backwards. It's not that I didn't know the band needed to be inside out--I did that--I just picked the stitches up backwards somehow. Anyway, that got fixed quickly enough. The variegated yarn looks surprisingly nice in the cable. It stands out more than I imagined it would. When this is done, I'll have a hat to match my scarf, and it will be utterly cute. I'm excited! I have a very small head, but to my surprise, the medium on this seems to be the best fit for me. It's not big enough to slip down (I don't think), but it's also not so small that it needs to stretch--and therefore get thinner and less warm--to fit over my head. It should be very cozy, what with the double layer of the band and the cable.