Project Milestones

After spending some good, quality time with my knitting this weekend, I'm pleased to report that I've made it to some good milestones on several projects. I'm feeling good about making all of my deadlines and I'm considered switching the recipient of one project and doing something totally different for the original recipient. Aah, a great weekend!

German Baby Sweater

I've finished the back! It occured to me to check the gauge when I was mostly done with the back. I'd cast onto needles I felt like using, choosing the smaller size on the ball band, figuring the baby will be this size at some point, and hey, that's close enough. Well, it turns out that although I planned on the larger size, I actually got a tighter gauge and have the width for the smaller size (32 cm (12.5") around vs. 36 cm (14") around). I still did the length for the bigger sweater, so hopefully that will be ok, and maybe even allow the baby to wear it longer. That last bit might just be wishful thinking, though. I cast on for the front and did a few rows of ribbing before running out of my first 50 g of yarn. The rest is in my office, so I'll have to wait 'til Tuesday before I do more.

Lingerie

After finishing the body a couple days ago, I started and finished one cup yesterday and did maybe a quarter of the second one today. They look beautiful and I'm getting exctied about completing it. There's quite a bit of finishing work, though. Chain stitching for reinforcement, crochet for reinforcement and for the straps, sewing casing for elastic, putting in lingerie "hardwear," and sweing on buttons (hey, easy after all of that!). I'll have to go to some friends for a little crochet teach, but I'm feeling like this is completely achievable. If it's not indecent, I'll have pictures. :)

Mist

Mist has been sitting on the sidelines, but it made a good little-thinking, little-attention project at Knitsmiths today. I'm not quite up to the shoulder shaping, but it felt good to have that yarn in my hands again. It's not quite accurate to say that it's stiff or rough, exactly, but it's... firm, I suppose. I think it will be a great sweater when it's finished.

Test Sock

I also dutifully finished another pattern repeat on the sock I'm test-knitting for theknitter.com's Sock of the Month Club. I like this sock, and the pattern is getting easier as I go along. On commuting days I may not get more than my repeat done for the day, but maybe I'll get faster, too, as I move along. When I get to turning the heel, I think I'll pick up my Random Rainbow sock again and get that moving again. I was to lazy to look up turning the heel before, so now it will be easy with another pattern to work from.

That's all the news from here! Tomorrow is a work holiday, but I plan to stay home and work and earn some comp hours. Hopefully I can fit in a little knitting, too. :)