Update and Wait

It feels like there hasn't been much exciting in the past couple days. Probably because I'm so anxious about getting a box (more later) that it seems like I'm just knitting to pass the time before I can start The Next Big Project - St. Brigid.

Here are some update pictures. I tracked down the good camera, so I'll be able to take better pictures... in two weeks. I'm glad ot know that it's not lost, and it will make this camera bearable in the interim. (This camera, by the way, doesn't even have internal memory. You have to save the photos to a floppy disk. My new laptop (a month old) doesn't even have a floppy drive, so any photos I post have to be loaded up at work. And unfortunately, knitting isn't my boss's top priority. Rats.)

First, the baby blanket. I've continued to work on it until I need to make a decision about which pattern to choose, and, well, the time is now. Click on either thumbnail for a bigger view. On the closeup of the blue section you can sort of make out the diamond pattern. It doesn't show up as well as I'd originally hoped, but it's ok, and I'm hoping that it might come out a little better with some blocking. Or, as I fear, I'll find out that microfiber won't learn something new and it will always be like that.

So I'm at the point of decision. Alison liked the free form one, but hinted that the more symetric one might go better with the diamond pattern. Here are the two patterns, drawn out with the scroll patterns. I still haven't decided which I like better.

And finally, here's my random sock. I'm just using a die to tell me how often to yo k2tog (every Nth on the die) and then how many rows to knit plain. It's kinda fun, and it goes quickly.

"The yarn is in the mail."

The yarn for my mom's Christmas present, Alice Starmore's St. Brigid, is in the mail! Also the book with the pattern, another book, the needles I need to swatch (again) for Mist, and currents and raisins I was supposed to take home after Christmas. Oh, USPS, what have you done with my package? Please deliver it tomorrow! It probably should have been here by now, and I don't want to wait until Monday.