Woolybuns: Wednesday Wiping 1/16/08

I've been knitting in spite of that wheely lovely distraction. Not much progress on the kidney project - the shaping is kicking my butt. I think the frustration of that has led to startitis. On my active needles at the moment are mittens for my daughter, socks for me, and a pair of ribbed mitts/swatch. I stopped working on the mittens this afternoon so my daughter could try them on for fit, and when she did, discovered I knit too much. So I have to rip back several rows. I started these ribbed mitts as a swatch for an EZ EPS sweater for me, but since I don't like to swatch, decided a pair of mitts fit the bill. So I cast on 36 stitches and just started ribbing,intending to switch to stockinette for the palms. Along the way, I decided that continuing the rib suited my fancy. I just had to figure out the gusset stitches. And then I sat down at a coffee shop with the winter issue of Knitter's. Right smack in the middle of the magazine is a pattern called Cozy Confetti, an accessories set of hat, dickey and ribbed mitts. With 36 stitches cast on. Ain't that just convenient! I also decided this yarn is not the yarn for the EZ EPS I want to knit. More about that next Wednesday. And finally, I need to have a pair of socks on the needles too. Comfort knitting, I suppose. Simple stockinette using Trekking and size 2 circs.

Goals for next Wednesday: finish the mittens. Get a handle on the kidney pattern. Finish at least one of the mitts. Make some progress on the socks.

On the new wheel: Tranquility, spun thinner than what I've been spinning on Sonata. Major color distortion in this photo. That's about 2 ounces so far. I'd like to get another ounce on that bobbin, then spin a second bobbin of 3 ounces for plying together, but since I'm flitting off to Maine this weekend ~~if the weather allows~~, I don't think I will get that much spinning done before next WIPing. It's a very nice spin, though, so anything is possible.