New WIPs and St. Brigid yarn

Sitcom Chic #2 is coming along nicely.  I have one sleeve done and the other one is about halfway.  I ordered a sweater clasp for it instead of a button, but it hasn't arrived yet.

I went on a little cast on binge at knitting group.  First, Lupine Lace socks from Fiber Trends in ONline Supersocke cotton.

And then Branching Out from Knitty in Dream in Color Smooshy.

I haven't touched either project since then.

My St. Brigid yarn arrived!  It's Cascade 220 Heathers, Colorway 9463.  It's a little less pinkish than shown in the picture.  More burgandy.

Although it was in the house all last weekend, I did not touch it until my Economics index was done.  So I wound all 10 hanks last night and Actually. Swatched.  Got gauge with #5s and happily cast on, carefully placing my stitch markers between cable sections.  On the first row I realized that there 2 sections where I hadn't cast on enough stitches. Duh. So I ripped it out and will try again tonight.  Evidently it takes at least 2 tries for a 5-years-of-knitting-experience knitter to cast on the right ^&$*!%& number of stitches.

I also picked up another hank of Smooshy.  The colorway is Pansy Golightly.  I love that.

Brigitte tagged me for a meme!  (Appropriate to be tagged by Brigitte on my first St. Brigid post.)

 

The rules: Posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer. Play nice, children.

 

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Hmmm... working at the same library, but as a part-time circulation clerk. And commuting 3 hours round trip to Kalamazoo's Western Michigan University for my history masters.  Glad gas wasn't $4 a gallon then.

 

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today - in no particular order? Cast on the appropriate number of stitches for St. Brigid, run library payroll, read some more of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (great writer, great book), avoid the chocolate cake in the staff lounge, pick up some groceries.

3. Snacks I enjoy - potato chips, popcorn (not microwave), pretzels, really anything covered in salt.

4. Places I've lived -Indiana and Michigan.  Well that's just sad.

5.  Things I would do if I were a billionaire - Set up various friends and family for life, travel, add a few hundred square feet to the cottage, adopt several children, try to reduce the number of kids in the world who starve to death or die of stupid treatable disease.

 

6. Peeps I want to know more about - Skipping this one since most knitters have been tagged by the time I get around to doing memes.

Monday is Memorial Day in the U.S.  I'm looking forward to a 4-day weekend.  (I see no reason to work Friday.)  It's supposed to be in the upper 70s which will be nice since it's been pretty cool.  Sunday will be the running of the Indy 500.  This is the only car race that we watch and we both get weepy when they sing Back Home Again in Indiana.  "When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash, then I long for my Indiana home."

There will be much knitting and reading; hopefully we'll get the kayaks in the water too.

Comments

[Sylvie]

That's really nice yarn for your St. Brigid, can't wait to see it. Mine is in yellow

[twig]

Hope your counting went better tonight. Looking forward to having a couple people I know knitting St. Brigid at the same time I am so there will be people to commisserate with. (Are there 2 S's in commisserate? It doesn't look right either way. And I hate using an apostrophe for S's but Ss doesn't look right either and even though I know it's wrong with the apostrophe looks right.)

[twig]

See? Commiserate. That doesn't look right, either.

[Marina]

#5 to get gauge? I need to watch how someone knits! I nearly went up to #8 (for Na Craga), just so the fabric wouldn't be so stiff.

I'll be watching your progress on St. Brigid. Still building up the courage before I take the plunge!

[Brigitte]

Wow, St. Brigid!!! My favourite! And don't believe Marina - it's not at all difficult. I'm looking forward to your progress. I love your colour choice.

Um, so you're turning into Mini-Me with all your cast(ed)-on projects. I'm notoriously bad of late for doing exactly that...

[Heather]

LOVE your new Smooshy especially!!

[Lorraine]

Sonya- I've seen Brigitte's St. Brigid- it's amazing. That color will show up those cables perfectly.

[Karen]

Wow, that is quite the case of Startitus there?? But will all those pretty yarns and great patterns, what choice did you really have? LOL Ah, that meme, I've been tagged twice. I really need to type up my answers, huh? (Always the procrastinator - in fact I should be cooking dinner now!!) Hurray for Friday off - enjoy your extra long weekend. Can't wait to hear all about it on Tuesday. (hint, hint) ;)

[Debby]

LOVE that Dream in Color color. I'm guessing you are a big fan of purple? Also love that you have the salt addiction too. It's a nasty mistress, that.

Have a wonderful weekend at home. I put my foot down that we are not going anywhere except for two of Chris' bike races. I cannot wait to be home to just knit and read.

[Carrie K]

You were So Good you deserve to Cast On With Abandon. Hopefully St Brigid will behave better for you.

Pansy Golightly? Lol.

I've only lived right around here! Except for six months that I left out.

[Ina]

Alas, my Sitcom is canceled. Yours looks good.