Monday is a new beginning

After a Krap-tastic weekend (ya know the kind that anything that could go wrong does), I'm shaking off the pissy mood and looking forward to a new week.

So I cast on a new project! Introducing Iain for Matt:


Ya, not a lot to see yet, but so far, I'm loving it.

I'm doing it flat rather than in the round (I don't like doing cables in the round). The pattern is very well detailed... meaning that there's a lot of shuffling of pages to get all the info you need. Sort of reminds me of knitting Sam the Ram.

I'm using the Cascade Eco that was used in the pattern. Shocking! I have an almost compulsive need to do a yarn change, but I had this in my stash, and I knew Matt would love it. The yarn is soft and the color is very neutral. I'm really enjoying the yarn... might have to get one of the dyed colors for me!

I also got my BPT/CPH Hybrid past the armholes... so it should move a little fast now that the yoke is done:


Of course I have a major screw up, (as I worked on it over the weekend... see first paragraph). Even tho' I swore I meticulously used the right cables for the shoulders, they are in fact backwords. So the cables on the side and on the underarms will be opposite from the ones on the front and back. Let's call it an artsy non conformist design alteration rather than a screw up. Ya, I did it delibrately... ya that's it!

I'm still not 100% about Roam either:



Not a good photograph of the colors. The colors are pooling, but I love how the fabric feels and I need to sort of go with the flow a bit when working with multicolor yarns. This is not going to be a quick project... a girl can only do some much seed stitch at a time. However, it's nice to just pick it up and work a few rows at a time. Eventually it'll probably get moved to my breakfast knitting... once I get the Sailor's Ribs and Ropes done (that's a big "eventually").

So lots of projects again... I'm mostly concentrating on the BPT/CPH, as I love how it's knitting up. The fabric is just wonderful, and it's going to be a great spring cardigan for me.

Okay... so off to get an other cup of coffee, throw some laundry in and get back to my projects!!!