A ditch, if you will.

Mind-numbingly boring.

I’m consistently working on chain chomp hats, which are knit with acrylic yarn and are dumb-easy to work. Even so, I managed to screw up one by making it too short. Hurrr.

I always have them on the go, as there are some requests for them that I am filling personally. I’m happy to do these few requests, but after a while they get very boring.

I’m also on the foot section of my first Lighthouse Gansey sock. 3×1 rib and stockinette. Plain colour. I’m not used to this with socks. I adore the fit of the sock so far, and the yarn is still delicious to knit with, but it’s still a plain colour, and for the foot section, a very plain pattern. Yawn.

Project number three is repairing Matt’s Shark Hat. I’m putting knit teeth onto it to replace the felt ones, as the knit teeth are sturdier and he’s worn the felt teeth right out. I’m also adding some elastic on the inside of the hat and a fleece lining to keep it warmer. This is also boring, as the teeth are pretty much identical to the Chain Chomp hat. Ad Infinitum.

So, I ask you, readers, why the hell am I looking at prices for yarn to create a  9-foot long scarf in garter stitch stripes?

I’ve been researching my best bets for wool to make the Doctor Who scarf. Specifically, season 16.  The pattern graphic is here (major kudos to Chris for making the Doctor Who Scarf website and going through all the grit to re-create all these fantastic scarf patterns!). Looking for a good yarn that is inexpensive to purchase. I’ll probably have to get this through friends in the states, by  the looks of things. We’ll see!

Head-chinchillas help me sort things out.

Been suffering from an extreme messed-up sleep… sick… thing. Oversleeping, not sleeping enough, otherwise not pertaining to a sleep schedule of any kind.

In my waking hours, I knit, and plan.

I’m planning the Chomp hats. Trying to figure out how to charge, and more importantly, how legal this might be.  I need to cost out materials and time (the bigger one being the latter. The yarn is inexpensive). In the meantime… I knit.

Mostly the Jaywalker.

No photos. Too tired. XD

In the meantime, knitting has been a bit slow, but on the uprise. Between beating illnesses and getting some profitable freelance work done, the time for knitting has been narrowed to movie-watching. Luckily, that was the Christmas gift of the year, so I had a lot of fodder.

I unearthed this gem for some nice mindless, but enjoyable knitting:

A simple basketweave scarf, knit in Rowan Felted Tweed in Whisper.

It’s a scarf I started a long while ago that sort of got buried. It would be nice to finish it in time to wear before winter is gone for good.

A few other things have found their way to the needles, too. The second Jaywalker is on its way…

I even achieved, without much effort at all, an identical cast-on.

The Jaywalker is the current “travelling” project.

The current “this takes up every fibre of my being” is sock designing.

It currently consists of using the leftover yarn from my Monkey socks to swatch up some lace designs, while I fill up graph paper with concepts and designs.

There was an offer from a lovely yarner for free yarn to make your pattern with, if the pattern gets posted on her website for sale (split profits). I figure it’s yet another awesome way to get my designer foot in the door, and an excuse to design really nice socks. Which I’ve been meaning to do for awhile. The process will probably take a while, since I want these to look really cool. I have a few sketched-out ideas, we’ll see what works out!

I did, however, treat myself to a gift today, as it was on sale:

No, not the sock yarn (Regia Surprise Color), that was from my last yarn store trip. It was the first thing to be wound on my new ball winder! I then realized I got overexcited, and should wind things that I plan to use soonish.

I wound up (haha) winding all of this:

From left: Top is a grey wool skein I am making a friend a hat out of; the bottom two are the possum fur yarn. Middle is Tahki Cotton Classic, which I don’t PLAN on using soon except maybe for a babything, but the hank gets tangled SUPER easily so I figured it’d be safer in a ball. Fall colours on top are for the second jaywalker if/when I get around to it, and under that is the yarn I made my first socks out of (might be enough in there for a pair of ankle socks, maybe). Under those are the two skeins of merino I had that were loosening up and causing tangles, so again, safer in a ball. The two front balls are both Noro Silk Garden in different colorways. Perhaps an alternating striping scarf?

I plan to wind a few more second-balls for current projects tomorrow. But I very much like my investment.

Current projects that need to be worked on: Monkey sock, newest babything, and perhaps one of the scarves. I regret to mention that I have about 8 projects on needles right now. I need to clear some of those out, and wonder if I even want to work on a few of them, or if they were a spur-of-the-moment thought.

But to frog a project that’s going well? Augh!

The good news? Ninja Boyfriend has the same laptop as me, and thus the same card reader. I shall ninja the card reader later and post photos then.

I finished the monster kitty baby hat, which didn’t take long at all. It was loosely based on the Bunny Hat from SnB Nation, with edits to initially make it a little monster. When I was done, however, the ears and style made it look like a cat. So I added a little cat face. It’s cute, and I love it.

Work on the Boogie vest goes smoothly, if not slightly boring. I’m glad I kept the yet-to-be-unraveled sleeves, because I may need more yarn than I thought. I have four big hanks right now, and I’m just starting on the second ball, with only 5 of the 15 inches of the back side finished. The yarn is soft and nice to knit with, and I have two blousesit will go well with, which is important!

I configured the Monkey sock pattern to have some extra stitches, two extra rows of pattern and a bigger heel area. I started working on it last night, and already I hit a small snag in the pattern and had to unravel. My own dumb fault of not remembering the tricks of the pattern. I fixed and am moving on it.

I need to start another baby project. I’m thinking a toy or two, to use up some of my cotton scraps and skeins. I have Kath Dalmeny’s World of Knitted Toys, and Jenn Hutchison’s Unusual Toys For You To Knit And Enjoy, so I have a good selection to choose from.