End of Year

Well,

Apparently I'm feeling grumpy.

Here we are. Probably the last post of the year. I'm leaving Saturday to go visiting for the holidays. I have resented that in my entire family, I am the one that travels. I have been resisting recently, but this year there is a memorial service to attend, so off I go.

In preparing for the trip, I found myself between two tasks that I did not want to begin. Ugg. Then I remembered it was Tuesday and I knitblog on Tuesday. Yay. I can procrastinate a bit longer. Then, maybe I'll take a walk.

I've been tolerating a cold the last week. Wednesday was the worst - so stuffed up and not enough decongestants on the planet. It has been a bit better every day since, and I have become weirdly obsessed with sinus wash. So satisfying to feel that slippery yellow goo slide away down the sink. 

In the mean time, the multi-color seed stitch project is past the armholes. I know I did the math last week, but I continue to be anxious about making it to the end of the project.

Oh, and did I mention that I hate Freestyle by Dale of Norway?

Happy holidays and wishes for a successful new year.

Oddball Anxiety

This smooshy picture shows the current project about half way to the arm holes. It is going to be nice and large - 50". I have a friend in mind and he is about that size.

Working with oddballs is strangely exciting. Will I have enough? What to do if the green runs out? Or the pink?

I was worried about the smallest ball when I began the body ribbing. This is a larger size sweater and the colors seemed to be decreasing faster that I expected. So, I came up with a plan to deal wiht that anxiety. I weight the yarn before and after the first stripe. I did this a few times. Each stripe takes 3 grams of yarn. Each ball is at least 33 grams. Five repeats to the armhole, another three for the body.

No problem.

Sleeves

Yes, two of them complete now. I am casting on for the body while working through an Outlander binge.

I still need to get that TKGA package together. That would require concentration. Hmmmm.

In the mean time, I made a strange ball with some of the smaller oddballs. So it's an oddball ball.