Year of Projects Week 21/50

On the Needles & "Deadline" Projects (5)

• Fathom-colorwork sweater (Pattern: Blue Betty/Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino/ CO 5 November)
• SKA October 2012-socks for Mom (Pattern: Phloem/Yarn: Shalimar Breathless/CO 17 October)
• mitts for Dad (no pattern/Yarn: Aslan Trends Ecolana/CO 3 December)
• Something for the newest little Proios...
• The Alpha Scarf II (no pattern/Yarn: Peruvian Tweed)

Best Laid Plans Queue (12)

• hat: Sheep Heid
• hat: Lucy Hat (Yarn: Malabrigo Twist)
• mitts for Devin (Pattern: Pike's Mitts/Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed SHELTER)
• SKA February 2013
• SKA May 2013
• SKA July 2013
• socks for Devin
• Dad Sweater (Pattern: Straboy/Yarn: Peace Fleece)
• sweater: KAL with Mom (Pattern: Folded/Yarn: TBD)
• sweater: lace weight
• sweater: Yom Kippur (Pattern: Spring Garden Tee/Yarn: Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy)
• Stranded&Steeked blanket (Pattern: Tir Chonaill/Yarn: Cascade 220)

Long-Term Works in Progress

• Spinning (8.5/50 ounces)
• Squares (1)
• Puffs (23/285)
  
• Stashdown Ratio (6:1)

FOs (7)

• [Proto]mitts for me (Pattern: none/Yarn: Jamieson's Shetland Heather Aran/FINISHED 29 November)
  
• Summer Garden Scarf (Pattern: none/Yarn: Araucania Chaiten, Plymouth Royal Llama Linen/FINISHED 27 November)
  
• Obsessions Hat (Pattern: Sideways Grande Hat/Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist Big Baby/FINISHED 21 November)
• Devin's Irish Sweater (Pattern: Killybegs/Yarn: Cascade Eco+/FINISHED 01 November)

• Circus Socks (Pattern: none/Yarn: Shibui Sock (love!!)/FINISHED 03 October)
• SKA June 2012 (Pattern: Bevy Socks/Yarn: Malabrigo Sock/ FINISHED o1 August)

• Pattern: Ocean Waves Hat/Yarn: Malabrigo Rios/FINISHED 29 July

There hasn't been a lot of knitting for me since Wednesday-- a handful of sock rows, a mitten thumb, and the first four colorwork rows on the sweater, which I was really hoping would be more photogenic but right now just looks a mess.  The motif is eleven rows, so maybe when it's halfway done it'll be ready for its blog debut?

Since I'm determined to finish those three projects by the end of the month (two of them by the end of next week!), I am, of course, entirely distracted by all the other things I want to knit.  Immediately.  Kate Davies just published her new book, and in the process of drooling over it I decided to knit Tir Chonaill in the Cascade 220 you see piled above.  I have two skeins of the lightest grey, and two of the heathered black, so it'll be a bit monochromatic, but I think it'll make a lovely throw for the living room; I've been thinking and thinking of knitting one ever since I saw Suzy's, and after taking two classes on stranded knitting and steeking, I'm ready to try my hand at something bigger than a swatch.  At least, I think I am.  Maybe I should reserve judgement until I've finished the colorwork on my sweater.

In the meantime, I've got candles to light for the second night of Hanukkah, and a horseradish pie that's still steamy from the oven.  While I miss the light in Tucson, I will say that Hanukkah never felt quite as cozy without the rain  and dark outside.  Here it really is the festival of lights!