It's almost time for Ally Pally, which means planning and plotting for new projects.
Before I do that, it would be prudent to look at the old ones and what I have planned for them. Apologies for the iffy picture quality - I was rushing to get them done before the light went.
Toby's socks are motoring along. I would really like to have them done before I leave for London on Thursday night. I'm at the heel flap on the second one so I am quietly confident, but I do have a meeting tomorrow evening and a big lunch event on Thursday, so it's not guaranteed. The Trekking colour way is 110, by the way.
I'm not going to talk about the other socks hanging around, as we covered that pretty well in the last post. Let's move straight on to the rest of the knitting basket.
We'll begin with the worst. You only have to look at the state of that cord to know this has been shoved in a bag for a long, long time. Almost a year - I started it quite soon after getting back from Ally Pally 2006. I have a crazy idea that if I buy some Addi Lace needles then I will pick it up again. In reality what I will probably do is buy some Addi Lace needles, frog this and start something else. Look at all those stitch markers just sitting there - for a year!
Let's carry on with lace shall we? Shetland Triangle, in Handmaiden Seasilk. Lovely. But I need another skein to make it the size I want and I haven't been able to find any at Get Knitted or Stash, so I put it to one side. Now I'm at that tricky stage where I've lost my rhythm with it and would have to spend a while working out where in the pattern I'm up to. Nothing drastic or unmanageable, but enough to stop me picking it up of an evening. The plan? Carry on looking for the Seasilk I suppose, although of course I've lost the name of it by now; I think it was Mineral, or maybe Forest?
Garments next. Salina, who was doing so well, has rather stalled. I need to go back and check if I've finished the armhole shaping or not. I may take her on the train to London with me.
Or I may take
my old friend, the Rib & Cable Jacket, or is the Cabled Blanket Jacket? This has been around so long I've forgotten its name. It's been waiting patiently all through the summer for me to show an interest in it again. A measure of the length of time it's been around is that I have actually taken it out a couple of times, purely to check no moths have got to it. Imagine how annoying that would be .
The yarn was a birthday present to myself. Will I finish it in time for this birthday? Only time will tell, especially with all the temptations I will be facing on Friday...
I'm not going this year but I feel the pull of Ally Pally! I'll look forward to seeing what you buy!
Posted by: mrspao | October 09, 2007 at 10:05 PM
I'm going on Friday, as is Jill. It's crept up on me this year, and I've not cleared the decks yet. All four wips are long term projects.
Posted by: dawn | October 10, 2007 at 02:10 AM
Salina looks good. Shame that you can't find another skein of yarn for the lace as It looks nice.
Posted by: Lin | October 10, 2007 at 07:41 AM
Oh, enjoy Ally Pally!! I won't see you there - I'm going on Thursday - but of course, if you find out what the name of that seasilk is, you might be able to find some to match whilst you're there... ;)
Posted by: Alison | October 10, 2007 at 08:55 AM
Oh, I want you to finish the cabled/blanket/ribbed jacket as I really want to see it on a real person. I love it, though not sure I would love knitting it.
Look forward to seeing your purchases.
Posted by: yvette | October 10, 2007 at 04:47 PM
Bit of a grey theme going there! I'm off to Ally Pally tomorrow!
Posted by: Brigid | October 10, 2007 at 10:29 PM
If you remember the name of that Seasilk colourway, do tell. It's gorgeous.
Posted by: Beth S. | October 23, 2007 at 09:14 PM