The same old song and dance

Its been a little bit since I last posted, mainly because I've been working on the same damn thing since last week and the week before that. A blog that is updated at least once a week is nice but Zeus's beard these things take time to make!

I'd say the Pinwheel blanket is about halfway done now and tho I HATE working with cotton, I really like Brown Sheep's Cotton Fleece. There are a lot of negative comments about it on Ravelry but it seems like great stuff to me. There hasn't been any pilling yet and I've yet to see how the color holds up in a bath. The only thing I care about is how this stuff will hold up in the coming years. Yeah, a heirloom blanket sounds nice but only in writing. I want a blanket that Lily can take with her everywhere. One that will withstand numerous juice spills and many trips to the sandbox. It won't outlast the cockroaches but long enough until maybe Rowan Denim comes in pink.

Working on Skully for the past two weeks and I almost have the back done! I like Lamb's Pride. Really, I do. The mohair doesn't bother me, it's so...grunge. I am a little worried about how the sleeves will turn out, with no shaping and all. I don't know jack squat about shaping but I do know that my arms won't look good in long ass tubes. I'm prepared to look pregnant and 10 lbs. fatter, that's okay with me. Still, I can't help but worry that I'm going to look overly ridiculous and like a silver back gorilla. Maybe it could be a sweater I wear around the house but then, was there EVER a time I just laid about in the house in winter clothes? No. I can't even stand to wear sweat pants. The overall cost of the entire thing was about $50 so it won't be too terribly bad if things don't work out.
 
I bought more Koigu, on sale at Personal Threads. Once you calculate S&H, I pretty much paid full price for each skein but The Woolie Ewe doesn't carry Koigu so it was somewhat justified.

Same numbers, different dyelots. I have a total of 18 skeins all together and I have no idea what to do with them. Maybe once I have more experience under my belt I could design some sort of garment that isn't so...fuddy looking? Those technicolor coats and cardigans in Knits from a Painter's Palette are great and all, but I don't see anyone under 25 wearing them. Or at least getting away with it.