What’s on my needles and a little etc.

I started a sweater last winter for B which involved a delicate cable that ran along the bottom of the sweater.  That cable band quickly became my nemesis.  I just couldn’t get it right.  I tore it out at least 10 times before I decided to try another pattern.  It just gave me this mental block and I lost all desire to finish the damn sweater.  But it is not an easy task finding clothes that B likes.  So after a long and picky search he finally found a pattern he liked – and most importantly it didn’t have any cables!  I know some day I’ll have to face this mental block I have with knitting cables, but perhaps I will do it on a baby sweater or socks or something really little.

The sweater B picked is Smokin’ Jacket by designer Jared Flood.  It’s been a quick knit thus far thanks to the Rowan Scottish Tweed Chunky yarn I’m using.  B picked a nice charcoal gray color for the yarn.  I started the sweater about a week ago and hope to be done in the next week or two.  I’m very hopeful at this point that I’ll meet my goal…..I’ll reassess as soon as I start the collar!  This is what the finished project will look like, hopefully.

And this is a project I’ve been working on since last winter as well.  It is the Lady Eleanor Entrelac Stole.  I didn’t find entrelac nearly as difficult as I thought I would so I’m not sure why I have not finished this project yet….I work on it for a few days then I put it down for a few months.  It was my goal to finish it this winter….maybe after I’m finished with B’s sweater.  And before I start knitting for baby.

And speaking of baby – we’ve begun preparations and nesting has officially begun.  The spare bedroom/craft room is cleaned out and ready for a paint job and new trim and new flooring and a new closet.  Sounds quite ambitious and I hope it gets finished by June!  Because my craft room has been dismantled for the new member of the family we had to get a bunch of shelves and book cases for our bedroom so my craft supplies can have a new home.  It is a work in progress getting it all organized, but it is a labor of love as well.  I love organizing and having a space to organize things neatly.  What a dork.  Kira was kind enough to help me put up some shelves this morning.  Isn’t she sweet?

And here is Tavie picking out her next knitting project: