Making Progress/Change of Direction

I have, yet again, changed my strategy for completing projects. Even though I'm really, really close to finishing the lingerie, I've decided to set it aside and try to finish up the baby sweater. And the reason is this: the baby sweater is for a coworker that lives out of state and will be visiting next week, and I'd really like to give it to her in person. Last month she gave me a huge box of fancy truffles as a thank you for working on a tough project with her, and even though the sweater isn't in return for the chocolates, I think it's always nicer to give gifts in person. This is about all I worked on this weekend and the front is now done. I'll try to make good progress on a sleeve tonight and we'll see how far I get.

The lingerie is so close, though! I bought better buttons for it and will put them on, and then crochet the straps. I managed to find lingerie hardware (clear, in fact), so I should be able to just do these finishing touches. The first person who will see it is arriving on Friday and will be here for 10 days, and if it's not ready right away, there will still be time to finish that.

Mist is therefore again on hold. I'd made some good progress on the left front, but I ended up ripping it all out this afternoon during a talk by Sarah Vowell, when I discovered that I didn't have the right number of stitches and I couldn't figure out what I'd done. I got back to the first increase in the afternoon and during knitsmiths, so I don't feel too bad about it.

And finally, I've finished the first of the socks I'm doing for my mom and will work up the pattern tomorrow for that. I started the mate and work on that during my commute, and I have about a repeat and a half on that. Unfortunately, though, I broke one of my needles today. Not by knitting, but by having it be at the bottom of the bag under heavy stuff. Oops. :( I'll have to be more careful. I know I could ask Brittany to replace it, but since it was my fault and not a knitting issue, I don't think that's quite fair.

Since I have a great new camera toy, I can finally show off my beautiful calico. She stays out of the yarn... most of the time. Here are just a mess of pictures from my weekend and of knitting. Cick on whatever looks good to you. :)