Strappy Tank finished!

... but no picture. It really needs to be blocked (maybe tomorrow; I don't have the concentration to do it tonight) and I'm hoping to wear it this weekend as a little bit of a surprise, and since he reads this occasionally, I dokn't want to spoil my big entrance. :) I'll try to take some photos before I go and write up an entry to be posted while I'm gone for the weekend.

I'm plugging away on my Dale top. I'm almost at the top of Chart A, and then it's on to chart B, of which two rows are just knitting around. The progress its pretty good, but I discovered last night that I shouldn't try to work the chart while watching Alias. Had to tink back a row and pick up some lost YOs. And that's a long row at 214 sts! I've made a lot of forward progress since then, and my progress should increase rapidly.

And finally, High Tide. I've gotten a few inches further, but I'm not quite to the color change yet. I've had to wind extra balls of all of the teal and now I need to do a blue. It slows me down to run out of a color, especially since it's usually a surprise. I discovered that if I put each of the balls in a small ziplock, leading the strand through a clipped corner, and put the six ziplock bags in a small sack, nothing gets tangled. Of course, when I suddenly pull the end of a ball out of the bag, I'm a little bit shocked. I suppose if I were smart, I'd wind a little extra in advance, but I keep thinking I won't need it. Of course, when I do the back and sleeves I will need more. Perhaps I'll need to wind bigger balls next time...

I'm sorry there are no pictures. I wasted all the sunshine this weekend by knitting. I know, it's terrible. I also cooked and baked - banana pudding, scones, goulash, banana bread, and coconut macaroons. So now I can stay inside and knit comfortably without fear of starving. But there are no photos. Perhaps tomorrow I can take a few before I go to work and post them in the evening. And if I get back to work on the Dale top, there will be something to look at!