1. I have completed the back and both fronts of my current sweater. If I start complaining about how long it takes to knit the collar, please remind me how shrimpy the fronts of this sweater are.
They did not take very long to knit!
2. Speaking of this sweater, I have really come to love the yarn I'm using. It's the recommended Berroco Inca Gold. The yarn is smooth, strong, soft, and squooshy!
3. I am very soon going to start on a sweater for David. I know that a lot of women complain that their men only like black or grey, and they can't convince them to wear something more colorful. Well, this is what David picked out for his sweater!
4. Last week our school went on lockdown because a convict escaped from a work detail a few miles away from us. (He was caught 2 days later.) The same night this started, I got together with Jody for some knitting. That night I dreamt that the way I wove in ends was crucial in whether or not I would be attacked by an escaped convict. Heh.
5. I picked up a new hobby around Thanksgiving. My MIL taught me how to make bread, and I've been really enjoying making a loaf on the weekends. This weekend I made the Sandwich Bread from Baking Illustrated (a Christmas gift from my MIL), and it was a great success. Easy to make, and very good too!
Fairisle? Color blocks? A Kaffee Fassett design? Just not rainbows. Show him some possible patterns and see what he likes?
Posted by: =Tamar | January 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM
You're so lucky to find a man unafraid of embracing color! I'm knitting an endless ribbed dark green sock... looking forward to living vicariously through your colorful sweater!!
Posted by: Ariel | January 11, 2009 at 10:24 PM
That is just beautiful yarn. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Posted by: tiennie | January 12, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Wow! That is going to be one colorful sweater! I love it!
Try "The Bread Bakers Apprentice" I have made 4 or 5 loaves from it and it is one great book!
Posted by: stacey | January 12, 2009 at 08:03 AM
Beautiful yarn for the sweater.
I love the berroco inca gold as well great yarn.
Posted by: Andrea | January 12, 2009 at 09:52 AM
Hooray for David for embracing color. He's the Kaffe Fassett of NJ. The escaped convict thing is scary. NO wonder it invaded your dreams. Funny how it intertwined with your knitting. Yummy looking bread!
Posted by: Kim | January 12, 2009 at 03:25 PM
Wow, I can't wait to see this colorful sweater-to-be!
Posted by: whitney | January 12, 2009 at 04:40 PM
Interesting sweater fronts...
Very colorful choices by David; it's a very balanced colorwheel, and the dark/light values are pretty balanced too. Looking forward to seeing the pattern.
Great height and texture on that bread! M has been having fun with Artisan Breads in 5 min a Day. Although there has been no new bread since Christmas; I think he weighed himself. sigh.
Posted by: Brenda | January 13, 2009 at 05:01 PM
Hi, I am working on the same sweater as you and found you on Ravelry. The violette-le-duc is a challenging one for me. I found knitting those front pieces surprising. SO SMALL! I blocked them. They look better once blocked but still small. I am on the first collar and it seems weird as I am binding off and I hope I am doing it right. I will watch and see how yours comes out. i agree, love the Inca gold yarn!
Posted by: Jeannine | January 15, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Can't wait to see what you do with the yarn for David. He could teach my boy a thing or two!
Posted by: Jessica | January 15, 2009 at 03:17 PM
Awesome yarn! I also am wishing that I could make bread that looked like that!
Posted by: Ruth | January 18, 2009 at 06:20 AM