and casted on for a sweater vest! Not exactly comparable projects, but the Eco wool had been sitting on the coffee table, eyeing me and tempting me and silently asking me what the point was in winding it into a cake if I wasn’t going to knit anything with it.
Ugh, the pressure! I could resist no longer. So much for getting any closer to the Rule of 3.
The first afghan square from B. Abbey’s Learn to Knit Afghan has been completed. Actually, this is Square 3. I’ve skipped 1 & 2, both of which involve color. I just wasn’t ready to select a second color. Decisions, decisions.
I’ve casted on for the next square, but at the moment, it’s remained just that - the cast-on. There’s no reason to supplement this embarrassment with a picture. Rather, look how pretty the basketweave design of Square 3 is. Fantastic for garments that require stiffness of some sort, e.g., jackets, cardigans, etc.
I’ve been preoccupied with finishing up other projects (i.e., socks) so that I could begin the next, but apparently, I don’t wait (or can’t wait) to finish projects before I cast on for new ones.
Because… in the meantime, I’ve begun a sweater vest for the hubby with the Eco wool. A square was completed, the socks are near halfway finished, and the Eco wool was calling me. Who am I to argue?
This garment will be a quick one. Nothing fancy; just cables. I had wanted to design another aran piece, but hubby insisted that he wanted something plain. But I insisted that it couldn’t be stockinette plain because, honestly, stockinette is just dreadfully boring, so we settled on cable plain.
Initially, I had considered knitting a modified, a bit more hip, version of EZ’s nether garments with the Eco wool. TJ, a knitter friend, suggested pajamas or house pants. What a fantastic idea! However, the more I thought about it, the more it dawned on me that if these pants were knitted with wool, 1) it would have to be washable because the hems of the legs would get a bit gross given I have big dogs and hardwood floors, and besides, who’d want to handwash pants, anyway? and 2) it’s winter, it’s dry. Can you imagine the static cling I’d have to deal with?
Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.
2 Comments
Once again I am sure that you never sleep!!!
I recently knit the EZ Nethergarments. Boring, boring, booooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrring!!! They have been worn ONCE, it was an exercise of learning but good for very little else.
So there!
Love that Eco!!!!!!!
Really? Boring? I was actually looking forward to knitting them in the fall. Darn. The term “nether garments” just sounds so cute. I wanted to be able to tell hubby on a cold evening after work, “I’m going to change into my knitted nether garments.” Guess we’ll see if that’ll really happen! Thanks for the FYI!