Yarn Along

Coming Very Late to Ginny's yarn along because stoopid Blogger wouldn't let me post pics all day!  Go visit her for more yarn projects!

This week I've started a new project and 2 new books!

The books, both children's books, are The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, and Maud Hart Lovelace's Winona's Pony Cart.  The latter is an offshoot of the Betsy-Tacy series, in case you don't know.  And utterly charming, just like the rest, in case you haven't read them.  And why haven't you?

The Penderwicks is the 3rd in a series.  It's a lot of fun, too.  I hope I can get my kids to read them, but they seem to have other things on their list, like every Harry Potter book before the final movie comes out in a few weeks.

Oh, the third book?  Custom Knits contains the pattern for the sweater I''m knitting for myself.  It's a summer sweater, if I choose to leave the sleeves short.  Since the book is "custom knits" it tells you how to personalize your garments.  So we'll see if this ends up a short or long-sleeved cotton sweater!  It's knit from the top down, so I can try it on as I go and adjust the fit as needed.  The lime green yarn you see is the provisional cast-on.  If I did it correctly, I'll be able to remove that and insert a needle into the loops so I won't have a seam at the shoulders.  If I did it right.  Did you catch that Big If?  

I've been dying to make this sweater for over a year, so I'm excited, but I took one look at the pattern and said, "I have no idea how to do this!"  So, one step at a time.  One new skill at a time.  

You have to challenge yourself in your knitting or you'll never knit anything besides hats and scarves, and where's the fun in that?