After three days of no internet (ahh!) I am back with some nice progress on my SnB cable sweater. I really like the way that this one is shaping out with the raglan sleeves, etc. My hope is that this one will fit a lot better than my previous burlap sack sweater incident. (Okay, so it is not that bad, but I have to kvetch a little about it!)

Work totally sucked today, so I was so ready to get home, take my pictures and post to my blog!

Without any further ado, here is the near complete back of the cable sweater (I too am looking forward to the cable on the front).

It was another hot day in Maryland, and Bella has decided that the best way to cool off it to sit on the air vent! Here she is “chilling out”…

Kris always has hockey games on Sundays and I love to go and watch him play. I always bring my knitting along. I like how I can bring a sweater along to wear inside the rink, even though it is about 90 degrees outside! I love living in Maryland, but I seriously hate the weather here. I really wish it could be more mild. The humidity is the thing that bothers me the most though!

I took along the gusset for the SnB Zeeby bag. I am about 30 inches in, and I need to get to 52″. (I made mine bigger than the pattern calls for).

So, they ended up winning 9-3! Kris got 2 goals and 3 assists.

Yeah, so I like to knit a lot of stuff… I start something, set it down and do not come back right away. I had been sitting on this Zeeby bag (below) for about 6 weeks, and just started on it again this weekend.

Anyway, I started my next project! It is also from Stitch ‘N Bitch. It just so happens that I am doing two patterns from this book… believe, I like other stuff too! I have amassed quite a “to knit list” in the past few months of serious knitting.
So, this is my first cable garment. I have practiced the technique quite a bit, and I am ready to make the leap. Kris’ mother got some nice Caron acrylic yarn for me last Christmas that I was just waiting to use. When I saw this pattern, I knew it would work nicely. I was able to knit to gauge without changing needles or anything. This is the back of the garment, so you won’t see the cable there… that will come soon!

So, a little progress. I like the way it is turning out.

Other knitting news: I am adding to my knitting library. Here are my two most recent acquisitions…

The Animal Knits book has some great intarsia patterns for kids sweaters/blankets, etc. I have not tackled intarsia yet, but this book will be great fun when I learn it.

Rowan’s It’s a Tape Thing has some great designs in it. I will have to alter some of the patterns to fit me properly in the bust, but I am up for the challenge…