Today I finally managed to finish winding that 900+ yards of yarn for the sample I’m supposed to get finished in a couple of weeks.  I’ve actually got another skein of the stuff, but I’m not even going to think about winding it unless I absolutely have to!

Then there is the hoodie baby blanket that I’m still plugging away at.  (Why, oh why, do I fall in love with the knit baby blankets?  This is what I’m supposed to know how to crochet for.)  At any rate, I think I’m just going to knit to the end of my current skein before binding off and starting on the hood part.  I’m hoping that will go quickly because I know for sure that the border will take forever.

And finally, I’m working on knitting a kitchen towel out of leftover cotton yarn from my Log Cabin baby blanket.  It’s actually looking kind of cute for something I’m just winging, so I’m feeling a little proud of this project.  (Plus, I just got passed the halfway point, so it’s starting to look somewhat finished, which always feels good.)

At this point, I can pretty much pick up a project no matter what room I’m in, which keeps me wonderfully busy, but it means that my progress on all of them is starting to feel a little slow.  Fortunately, after this coming week, I have a week off of work.  I’ll be using some of that time to work on a sewing project, but I’ll at least get some pictures uploaded of all this other things I’ve been working on.

I bought Cascade’s Venezia Worsted, which is a little heavier than the pattern calls for, but it was just too lovely to pass up.  A blend of wool and silk, it has a beautiful sheen with a lovely hand.  I’m absolutely loving it.  I’ve got the fit in the shoulders and armscye perfect, but it’s a little tight around.  To compensate, I’ve done about four rows of sc down each side of the front closure (that pattern only calls for two rows down one side in order to create the button holes), and I’m going to use hooks instead of buttons.

I also did the collar before working on the sleeves, because I want to see if I can make them full length.  I now have one sleeve half done and have just started on the second with about two-thirds of a skein left.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

I’m also continuing to make progress on the hoodie baby blanket.  Slow but steady wins the race, right?

And then, as if I don’t have enough projects going on right now, I’ve also started knitting a kitchen towel with the leftover yarn from my Log Cabin baby blanket.  It’s turning out kind of cute and should also be nice and functional since the yarn is 100% cotton.