(Happy Easter!)
So, the relief from overwork was temporary. I enjoyed the respite, and return to workaholism with some new coping tools (most notably Gail, my administrative assistant). So the blog posts may be a bit sporadic again, until I hire another sysadmin.
I’m still knitting, though. I think the fiber drought was more depression than busy-ness: my zest for knitting/spinning/weaving – and living! – has returned. I’m back to multiple projects, I’ve completed two cardigans in the last eight weeks, and a third is growing.
The Kauni yarn is shetland-like: fine gauge, slightly scratchy. Watching the colors is fun, but makes me anxious – did I start in the right place? Are they coming out right? I started by combining complementary colors – yellow/purple, red/green, blue/orange – so everything looks a bit dull to me, almost brownish. Then I pulled out part of a section of purple, so the combinations are changing to triadic: orange/purple, blue/yellow, green/ orange, etc. I don’t know what this will do. I have only a dim understanding of color theory. But looking at Kauni’s on Ravelry, I can see that either a) the starting point makes a huge difference, or b) the dye lots are vastly different. I think it’s more a) than b).
Anyway. Two more pattern repeats, then I start the sleeve steeks. I’m trying to imagine knitting steeked sleeves, too, picked up and knit from the top down, both at the same time. Would it be possible? The idea of making the sleeves identical pleases me. I could knit them together, but not picked up from the body of the sweater, then sew them in (a la the Snowflake cardigan). I don’t know yet what I’ll do.
