Work craziness continues, so this one’s going to be a quickie…
I met my goal, finished a sleeve on Danny’s sweater. No pictures, because its the boring brown sleeve. The stripey sleeve will be more fun. Well more fun if my slight pattern mods work and if I don’t run out of yarn. This pattern is not well written – remember the issues with finished measurements not working out? There’s more minor, annoying stuff here and there. Case in point – the striped sleeve, knit flat, has stripes that are 5 rows. That means no carrying the unused color up the side but instead breaking and rejoining the yarns at each stripe. Yeah, no. I’m making 6 row stripes and carrying the colors. The yarn quantity is a big issue. I’m getting gauge (even a little tight) and I’m into my 5th ball of the main color, when it called for 4. Best case scenario is that I’ll have just enough for the striped sleeve, neck band and seams. Worst case – I’m running to Webs. We’ll see.
I did make good progress on Ev’s gift this week – more than halfway through it. And as I suspected, the Malabrigo was a suitable replacement for my crack-like Morehouse Merino. Admittedly, I didn’t actually stop working on the mitts – they became my car project all weekend when we were out and about. Finished all but the thumb on the first one 
My actually Christmas shopping is done – woot! Now for the knitting – the goal for the week is to do the other sleeve and get to the final part of Ev’s gift. Once Friday is over, my work life calms down significantly. And I have few plans for the weekend, so I may actually accomplish all that and then some.
Oops – lied, not such a quickie. If I’m to stay sane on this crazy day, I’m going to pick up my knitting for 5 minutes before I get ready for work. I’m off…
Enjoy your day!
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