Doh

gah I wish I could finish some decent sized knitting project so I could stop being so cold in the office!! I sit here and freeze and think about that shawl I'm making and wish I could warp through time to finish it. The sad thing is, I could probably finish it fairly quickly if I sat down and stuck to it, but I have a bunch of fancier things I am making for other people, so I tend to only pick up my easy peasy little shawl when I am going somewhere where paying attention to a pattern is inconveniant.

Despite my resolution not to have more than two things on the needles at once if I could avoid it, and to finish the cotton hat for K before I started anything else, I now have in progress:

--That Damn Hat
--A third candy wrapper sachet (estimate two evenings to complete)
--Surprise for Sbodd (should be able to finish this tonight, I hope)
--Shawl (you know, the one I started a million years ago with the soft Paton yarn - this has become my project to work on at times when I don't have the leisure to do anything complicated, but as a result, it's very slow going)
--Slippers for me, which I started last night in a fit of pique because I am tired of my feet hurting from the hard floor (this one was actually a lot of fun for the 18 rows I worked last night, very quick and pretty easy...of course, we'll see how it ends up)

Augh, story of my life - getting in over my head everywhere I turn. ^_^

Mmm lace

lNote to self: It takes a long time to wind 370 yards of fingering weight yarn into a ball. Many thanks to Sbodd for holding the skein while I wound.

I didn't realize it until I put the skein around my feet (Sbodd was not free for skein holding duty yet) how soft that yarn was. I'm sure that if I did in fact knit a pair of socks out of it, they would be very comfortable socks. But, that particular skein is destined for a different use.

Yesterday I had to get out of the office, so I went to the Barnes and Noble down the street. I wasn't looking for anything in particular, but I found Victorian Lace Today, and with it sitting right there in front of me I couldn't resist. Which I should have done, because I think I probably paid more for it at the bookstore than I would have if I'd bought it online. :oP

It's...really challenging. I mean, I didn't expect it to be EASY, necessarily, but looking through the book, I was very intimidated. I definately don't think I could jump right into the one piece that I really, really want to do (I wish I could find a picture of it, but I'm having difficulty...ah, here we go). I think I'm going to have to try one of the 'beginner lace' projects first. I don't really mind I suppose...there are so many beautiful, beautiful patterns in this book.

Why must I always be drawn to the hard stuff?? :oP But then, sock knitting wasn't as hard as I feared it would be, so maybe the same will prove to be true. After staring at the patterns for a while they did begin to resolve themselves into French rather than Greek. I will have to do some reading up on some of the techniques mentioned, but I think I can figure it out eventually.

In the meantime, I certainly have plenty of projects to deal with already. The Witterings hat is starting to take on more of a bowl shape, which is encouraging. I worked four rounds on it yesterday and it is now large enough that I can use a single circular on it.

My second knitpicks order has finally left the WV sorting center so I hope that it will be delivered today (the last package was delivered the same day it left that place). Then I can start on the candy wrapper sachets that I want to make for Amy. I finally just ordered some tea bags online since I didn't feel like driving all over creation looking for the things. I'm looking forward to those as they are supposedly fairly quick to knit, and I could use some near-instant gratification. I remain determined to finish this hat before I start another project. I'd like to get it done while there is still enough heat and sun for it to be useful.