Dogs Steal Yarn

Short Attention Span Knitting

A fabulous time was had by all at Knitting Tuesday last night. Diego was very taken by Em and did his best to strike a suave pose for her. He's a charmer, no?

Andrea worked on her amazing sweater from Norsk Strikkdesign. She's my knitting hero. Way too humble about the gorgeous work she does. Em (or Michelle? I flip back and forth with what to call her here... in real life I think of her as Michelle, but online I think of her as Em... Sigh.)...where was I? Ah yes, Em/Michelle worked on three projects last night: Purple Rain, which is the most lovely shades of purple; Lazy Sunday, in colors that make me very happy--orange and pink and pale celery green; and a sock. Just the beginning of a tiny toe of a sock. A dog's nose worth of sock. Very cute. I've only done socks on two circs and the whole dpn thing fascinates me. Not enough to actually pick a set up and knit that way, but fascinating to watch. Sarah returned to Knitting Tuesday after a month of absence (gasp!) and worked on her Manos scarf. Which made me want to work with some of my Manos stash...so...

...though I slogged diligently along on my brother's sweater when everyone was here, as soon as they left I threw that raglan aside and cast on for a capelet using Manos in a lovely olive shade. It's a top-down capelet, and should knit up really fast. I'll still put most of my knitting time into my brother's sweater. I promise! But oh! I want a capelet! It's capelet weather and I want to have one to wear NOW! So um...yeah...there ya go. I was wondering how long I could go knitting just my brother's sweater and Billy's sock. For the record, I made it through two weeks of pure gift knitting before I was overwhelmed by the need to cast on for something for me. Not too bad...