The combination of sunshine and snow on the ground is nice, but it makes it difficult to see when walking from a relatively dim interior to the car and then driving to another relatively dim interior. Either I'm not used to life out here yet, or I'm a vampire. I don't have a hankering for hemoglobin, so it must be the former.
I've started the Starksy Sweater, and I promise I will scan the picture in my newly beloved vintage pattern book as soon as I am able. The yarn I'm using is Vanna's Choice in Linen. When a pattern calls for 2,000 grams of yarn (20 skeins!) you can't be picky. Also, "published" kudos to my husband for helping me raid Michael's bins and match dye lots...and then later helping to untangle the knit-with-four-strands mess. It's supposed to be 8 with fingering yarn (100 grams = 330 meters), but I've found that the only place to get decent fingering weight yarn is one of the LYSs.
I knitted the thumb and began the pinky finger for the second Sack glove as well today. I love how fast the fingers knit up. I used to be afraid of smaller needles, since big needles and chunky yarn give you such quick results. But now the 15s for the Starsky Sweater feel odd in my hands compared to the 4s for the Sack gloves and the 1s for the Saartje Booties.
Speaking of Saartje, I have one done! I'm pleased with it, but I'm hoping that bootie number too comes out a little bit better, and that both look amazing once I've got buttons on them and they've been washed and dried. Yay for machine washable/dryable yarn!
And, because I put knitting the bed and expressed interest in it, Livvy decided that she needed to be on the bed for me to express interest in her.
These booties (and my puppy dog) are far too adorable. I have the gloves almost finished, so I shall post pictures when I have the second one all seamed up.
