I'm due in just 4 days, so I've been working on finishing Courtney's wrap around sweater. It's actually pretty fast going, it's just a matter of me picking it up instead of sitting around on the computer or napping. I don't think I'm actually going to 'finish' it before I give it to her. The construction is pretty simple - it's just a scarf, but with the ends seamed together and then attached to the back (this makes a lot more sense when you look at the pattern). Since in my current state, my abdomen is HUGE compared to hers, I'm going to have a difficult time judging how long it needs to be. I think I'll do the recommended 16 pattern repeats, then put it on waste yarn and finish it up while we're there at Christmas. Worst case scenario, I'll need to add a repeat or two, and they only take about a half hour apiece, so I should have plenty of time during the few days we're in GR. It's looking like it will take just over 3 skeins of Knit Picks Biggo, so I'm glad I went for that extra skein I wasn't sure about. Maybe the extra will be just enough for a small snuggly cowl or something. The yarn is nice and soft, but it does tend to fuzz a little. After knitting with it for awhile, I have little reddish fibers all over my (ginormous) stomach.
Something I would have liked to have done is use a provisional cast on. I attempted it a few times, but it just frustrated me, so I ended up just doing my typical long tail CO. It seems like a provisional would be nice, though, because then I could just kitchener (or whatever, I don't know all of my official terms) the two ends together for a neater seam. Oh well, someday I'll figure it out.
When this is done (providing there isn't a new baby around), I need to finish my second Offset Wraplan, and then I think I'll make something for me - my eye is on Multnomah (Rav link), in Knit Picks Imagination in Seven Dwarves. I bought two skeins in 2009 (my first real sock yarn purchase), and then never got around to doing anything with it after a few false starts on socks. I think it's about time! The pattern also looks easy enough for me to be able to pick it up and just knit a few rows while baby is sleeping (if I'm not also sleeping, of course). I'm thinking of just making one slight modification, and only doing 3 center stitches instead of 5.
No pictures this time since I haven't taken any in forever :)
