It's August, and I'm back in the US. Aran and I don't get back that often, but when we do, it's a production. Eight cities, five weeks, five parents, four siblings, two nieces and a nephew, four cats, two birds and a dog, dozens of cousins, aunts, uncles and friends, and a wedding (not ours this time) are all part of the ShetterLee 2011 Summer Extravaganza.
I'm hoping to use the time to make a dent in my knitting queue, which because of the demands of work and knitting ADD has been pretty slow in converting its "on the sticks" projects to "finished objects" (less work...more progress please!) To impose a little discipline, I've decided to focus on four projects (I know...four! But I can't help myself) and not start anything new until they're done:
1. Aran's Handsome Man Sweater
2. A pair of Skew Socks. When I stumbled upon saw Lana Holden's amazing pattern, I couldn't resist. I'm a sucker for bias design.
3. A pair of mittens I'm designing with two skeins of Cascade 220 Heathers (colorway 9445) that have been in the stash for 7 years
4. Finally there's the design for a coat I've been calling Valle de Bravo, after the quaint lakeside town where I live. I bought the yarn from Gualupita, another town in our state, know for its wool and knitted goods productions. The design, a cap-sleeved coat designed to chase the chill on cool Valle evenings, is an exercise in creative short-rowing, as much about the experimentation as the final product.
Of course, I left my camera's USD cable at home, so I'm trying to turn up a replacement so I can post pics.
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