Another pink sunbeam

Pink scarf the almost identical is finished! Finally finished it on Friday night. I think it's about 10cm longer than the previous one - so they are not exactly identical. Here is pic of the the other finished pink scarf:

Also picked the baby jacket back up and the knitting is about 3/4 complete. Will be starting some new projects in the next couple of days - inspiration is back, seems to return just about round Xmas - maybe it's because I have time off...

Sunbeam in orchid

Yes have finally finished the cotton scarf - hoorah! Piccies to arrive once it has been delivered to the recipient. A long slog, will not be repeating that particular pattern for a scarf again, even though it does look gorgeous.

Also bought the AU Creative knitting for summer mag the other day - a couple of tempting pieces in there. Will have to see if the inspiration continues... One more scarf to finish and then it's back to the socks.

Slackness continuing...

Deadlines for finished items looming... still no return of keen spark. Not enough even vaguely watchable enough on TV to bother and so the computer has lured me away from the doing of stuff...

Must be more disciplined (she says continuing to type).

A warm wind blowing

It's about this time each year where my enthusiasm drops right off, the warm winds seem to suck the creativity out of me...

Having said that, the two current pieces are trundling on. And with time running out, need to get a move on. Also have confirmation that the jacaranda baby jacket will not be going to the intended recipient, but to the next girl bub who turns up. Need to get started on a suitable replacement.

Trundling on

The first of the Jigsaw socks has its heel turned and is probably about 3/4 of the length it needs to be. Now I need to measure the foot it is to go onto! Then it's only about 1 night's worth of knitting to go + another whole sock.

I have finished one half of the cotton pink scarf, and started on the next half - so it's moving along.

Of course this has meant that the other pink scarf and the jacaranda baby jacket are stalled for the moment. I need to figure out exactly where I was up to with the baby jacket - ths requires a brain that is not completely exhausted. Hopefully this week I'll be able to figure it out.

Another pair o socks - nearly as addictive as scarves

Started on another pair of socks, making them up as I go along (somewhat) with some general guidance from a couple of patterns... The wool is Heirloom Jigsaw - it's self striping and looking very cute so far. I also finally bought the Socks, socks, socks book that I have been borrowing from the library every chance I get.

Still have a number of projects on the go - haven't done any work on the 2 pink scarves for a while now - need to get moving on those. The baby jacket in Jacaranda Biggan wool is coming along. I really like the selvedge detail on it - I may use that in plans to come.

Have sketched out some ideas for jackets & things to use up some of the stash, but haven't got the necessary headspace at the moment to take it any further than that.

Snuggy warm socks

All done! And the "ladderation" issue has improved due to much internet advice searching... One excellent site that I stumbled arcoss was Techknitting - linked in the sidebar. It seems to have solved the main problem. I was pulling on the first stitch after the needle changeover, now I'm waiting for the second stitch before the pull - and hey presto - much less ladderation (though still a bit of a line). If I could be bothered blocking bedsocks, I reckon even the line would fade out a bit.

More plans afoot...