Not much knitting lately, either. This makes me sad.

I’ve been doing a lot of moneymaking and planning.

See, I bought a house.

I move in August 15th.

Saving money is crucial.

I’m currently working three jobs. I’m very tired, but satisfied with my use of my time. I’m making enough money to save some, which is great.

Just… very tired.

Real content to follow soon, I hope. <3 you guys.

Granted, I sometimes pause to make some notes in my notebook, but the knitting goes on, still!

I’ve been working on creating my own business out of the freelance design work I’ve been doing. It will take some time to get set up, but I have other work to supplement, and it will be worth the work, in the end.

Wait a second, you guys come here for knitting. I got sidetracked.

It was actually a sunny day today, perfect for  taking over-sunned photos of the Rogue in progress.

For a change of pace from dark colours and cabling, I’m knitting a…. Cabled… Newsboy Cap. In black.

Never was one for intelligent choices. At least it will replace my completely worn-out crappy acrylic newsboy cap.

I was reading some sections of my Rogue pattern the other day while letting Yuffie chill out on my lap. I’m not sure if she approves or disapproves of Rogue.

All I know is, she sure as hell isn’t getting anywhere near the finished  product with those teeth!

With that last one being prominent, you’d think I have photos to show. Well… not yet.

With not much time to run errands, I’ve not been able to get camera batteries. On top of that, the weather here has been disgusting. Rain and clouds. Not photo weather at all. Today was actually sunny, but aformentioned battery problem kept me from photo-taking. I need one of those little portable light studios everyone makes for photographing their knitting.

My Rogue is progressing swimmingly. It’s such a delicious pattern. Well-written, and engaging. It keeps me interested and entertained. I stop every row to ogle the side panels. I’m currently on the cable midsection and I tried on the sweater thus far and it fits so great. Love.

I’m still working on my Lighthouse Gansey sock as a travelling project, although I haven’t gone out much lately with aforementioned work.  I’ve also, just tonight, cast on for another cabled newsboy cap, since I wore my last one right out (and it was made of ACRYLIC, jeezus!) and I have this lovely leftover dark grey/black Patons Classic Wool Merino. I love hats.

Photos will follow as soon as I remedy the above.

Happy spring, Happy April, and Happy Knitting. :)

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.

Just not on this computer.

Found out two days ago that no, Acer can not fix my computer because somehow, I fried the entire motherboard. And I’m not using the word “fried” because it sounds cool; there were literally burn marks on the panel. Oops. WTF?

The good news is, the hard drive’s data is easily recovered, as it didn’t suffer too much damage. I’ll be claiming my singed laptop, and using a friend’s casing to pull the data onto a portable HDD.

It certainly pisses me off, though. I still have a working computer, but it’s a monstrous mixture of pimp video card + processor, and shit power supply + RAM. With this news of my laptop,  I think I’ll definitely invest the 100 bucks ro so to fix my PC up so it runs more smoothly.

But wait. People read this for knitting.

Tongiht I caved and bought my yarn for the Rogue hoodie. KnitPicks Wool of the Andes. Cheaper, with shipping and exchange, than buying the equal amount of Cascade 220 in stores locally. Win. I’m getting the Mist colorway. I’m considering this a birthday gift to myself, since it’s scheduled to arrive the week after my birthday sometime. yes. That excuses it entirely. Yes.

Also working on a scarf for Matt, and trying to resist temptation to make the Doctor Who scarf a summer project.

Hrrr.