Galaxy Yarn

Flight delays = bonus knitting time!

I’m nearly done with the colorwork sweater in my previous post so I’m swatching for the next one!

I’m at the point in this ribbed waistband where I would really like to be done with it, but I also want it to be about half an inch longer. K1P1 sometimes feels never-ending!

Ooh I love this!

The yoke is done!

Autumn Alpine yoke!

Getting ready to wind this yarn up so I can cast on my next project!

Today’s outfit!

Update of about a week ago. By now the body is almost done!

Not sure whether or not I’ll be able to make it to Rhinebeck this year, but I’m having fun joining in on Andrea Mowry‘s KAL!

My hand holding the knitting needles of my current project: a colorwork sweater with a black background and fiery yellow-to-orange-to-red bird wings; the colorwork yoke is about half finished.

Been sick the last few days - so sick that I really haven’t even knit much. But I have put a few rounds on this project which lives next to my bed and rarely gets worked on. It’ll get done eventually…

Loving how this yarn by apothefaery fabrications is knitting up! It is a merino/linen blend and is very pleasant to work with.

Ok it’s not 5,000 stitches, but it FEELS like it is!

Stitch number 5,362 of tubular bind-off. This is the point where you question your decisions.

Coffee shop knitting

A view of my knitting wip on my lap. I’m wearing business professional and am all dressed up for the day to come. The ongoing knitting project is my purple colorwork sweater which still needs sleeves but is nearly done with the knitting of the body.

You can’t really complain about something changing that you don’t like if you are unwilling to do something about the problem. Today my knitting will join me (tucked in my handbag) as I meet with Congress to try to affect change. Meanwhile, some early morning knitting as I wait for my day to begin…

A half-knit purple sweater work-in-progress is laid out on a wooden table. The sweater has a colorwork design in lighter purple on the yoke. Small neon green silicone cords hold the sleeve stitches which are set aside for later while the rest of the body stitches are on knitting needles. The sweater is about a third of the way done.

And, a little more done on it - the sleeves are split!

Sweater yoke ✅
Fit check ✅

Just about done with this project! Down to the last bit so I’m starting on the mirrored portion of ribbing so it matches the cast-on edge. Using my handmade row counter bracelet to keep track!

A light-on-dark purple colorwork sweater yoke lays on my legs.

About halfway through this sweater yoke!

Sorting my yarn collection out a bit today. Here’s one of my favorites!

Progress!

Look at all the loose ends im gonna have to weave in 😭😭😭

I’m holding a knitting needle attached to a blue brioche scarf wip. On the needle tip is a needle stopper which prevents the knitting from slipping off while stored. The stopper has cartoon-style line drawn artwork of a grey tabby cat sleeping on a stack of blue and green books.

I lost my favorite needle stoppers (they were green monstera leaf ones from @woolberryfiber.bsky.social ) so I had to collect a new pair from my LYS recently. Kitties on books!

A purple sweater is soaking in a silver-colored bowl of wool wash and water

My sweater-with-a-deadline is gonna be on the blocking mats today!

A black and white photo of a knitted cowl laid out flat. The cowl is constructed of all-over cabled braids and one cable has an obvious mistake in it which I missed until I took this photo.

Today’s advice for knitters who want a particular piece to be mistake-free (perhaps it is a gift like this is) - take a photograph of it periodically (preferably BEFORE you weave in the loose ends lol). The camera sees shadows your brain normally ignores! (See my mistake?) #knitting

I’m holding a partially-knit-up hat WIP which has a tubular cast-on, a few inches of ribbing, and part of the cabled body worked up. It is grey and is knit in a rustic-feeling two-ply-construction highland wool yarn.

Hat WIP 🩶

After doing four-color colorwork (using a combination of intarsia with many bobbins and stranded knitting), for a few rounds, working rounds with “only” three-color stranded colorwork feels comparatively easy and fast 😅

My finished Chinook Winds sweater is on the blocking mats next to a hair comb. The sweater is beige colored and is composed of lace-knit fabric with bobbles and fringe. (The hair comb is nearby because it is used to comb out the fringe.)

I decided to wet-block this Chinook Winds sweater. I was concerned that the fringe would mat up but it did not and it looks great!