Project Roundup

Well. I'm back from my little unintended blog vacation. What can I say, Shift Happens (see previous post!). I have been knitting a bit, though the past couple weeks have been overrun by work, and this week, church activities in preparation for Easter. I haven't gotten nearly as much knitting to brag about as I'd like, but here goes.

Here's what I'm working on now:

That's the Cobblestone sweater, almost up to the underarms. I still haven't decided if this is for me or for John. I'd love to wear this one, but that line where the stockinette turns to garter at the yoke falls right across the boobage line. In a skinny flat-chested girl, maybe that would be flattering. Me, not so much. We'll see when it's done. This is good mindless round and round knitting, sort of like a big sock.

Next:

Yes, this is still the first of the pair. I really need to finish these before I get sick to death of them. I love how the stripes changed at the heel and gusset. This is Madeline Tosh yarn in Amaranth.

Last but absolutely not least, I'm close to actually finishing Langsjal Jóhönnu. I have spent the last few weeks weighing the remaining ball of yarn after every repeat so I could use as much of it as possible. I've ended up with 46 repeats, and am ready for it to be done. For those of you who haven't done this one, you knit the first border, then the body, then on another set of needles knit the second border, then graft the two together. Yes, that would be Kitchener stitching 125 stitches. Here's where I am:

There's also an edging of single stitch crochet chain to go on each end, but I'm not sure I want to bother with that. I might start it and see what it looks like. It might help the thing block flatter and not ruffle at the ends.

And the grafting started:

The color in that photo is closer to the real thing than the first photo up there. In some light this looks just navy blue, but in natural daylight, it has a deep royal purple color.

And I'll leave you with a photo of what's blooming in my front entrance:

I think it's confused about which holiday is this weekend. Happy Easter everybody!