Two FOs!

Mist is done!

Well, I cheated a little on the sleeves and haven't shortened them, but no one really seems to notice that they're folded under. It's a nice sweater, fairly light, actually, and nice to wear. I'm not as in love with it as I was with the pattern, but I think it will continue to grow on me.

Gyrid

is drying on my couch, with a kitty helper. I finished it in the wee hours of this morning, and hoped that if I set it out to block it might dry in 7 hours and then I could wear it. Nineteen hours later it's still a little damp, but I should be able to wear it this week. It fit nicely before I soaked it and laid it out, so I hope it's still good when it's dry. I seem to be living in a state of sizing panic lately. Hopefully I'll get over it.

What I Did with My Friday Night

"I'll just wind this two-pound hank of cotton and then knit the night away!" I thought.

Uh huh. The hank had too large a diameter to fit on my swift, so I had to throw it across the back of two chairs. I could lead the yarn off the hank with my left hand and crank with my right hand. This is what it looked like after the first ball.

About three hours later I'd wound four balls and tried to put the yarn on the swift. I could wind a little, and then I'd have to go over and untangle the hank or keep it from falling off. At 1am, a friend logged in and said hi, and I convinced him to come over and help me wind. In another hour we'd wound the last four balls.

I now have 9 approximately-100-gram balls of beautiful red cotton floss. Five swatches later, I'm almost ready to cast on for my strappy Vogue tank. Maybe the last swatch will dry by morning and I'll be ready to start tomorrow. I'd like to wear it on my trip to San Francisco in a couple weeks. Think I can manage that?