In which we discuss knitting...

As I sat down with my computer this morning I thought to myself, "I know I should blog, but there's just nothing going on."  And then I thought of Simon Pegg's character in Hot Fuzz - "There is always something going on!"  So...

Gift knitting is going fairly well.  I'm cutting it down to the wire, as usual.  My last two projects are in the works, one is just over half done, the other is just shy of it.  Both are simple enough that I can pick them up and put them down as I want to, which might be part of my problem.  It's easy to put them down whenever I feel like it because I know I can just pick them back up when I have a moment.  So I put them down far too often...  I'll do a post about the individual projects after they've reached their intended owners.

I'm already itching to start my post-Christmas sock knitting!  My sister-in-law gave me some gorgeous sock yarn this summer and I can't wait to start turning it into socks for myself.  The pattern I chose is called Mockery (which I thought was pretty fitting for me) and should show off the yarn nicely.  The yarn is here and is actually the colorway pictured at the top - Invercargill #1810.  Gorgeous!  And it's super soft and delicious!

When those are done I'll be working on Mandie and Caleb's wedding afghan.  She chose the pattern and yarn (a complete departure from Reva and Michael's afghan - I chose the pattern and yarn and they had no idea I was making it).  The yarn is white with green, blue and copper flecks - very pretty!  When I knit Reva and Michael's afghan, the focus was on the twists and curves of the cables; the yarn was really just a vehicle for displaying the stitches.  Mandie and Caleb's afghan has a very simple stitch pattern, so the focus is on the yarn instead.  I'm excited to see how it looks all knit up!

Huh.  Apparently I had something to say after all...