Making my way back

I'm getting more into the swing of things, I think.

At least I've got some knitting done, though I'm having a hard time deciding what to do next!

As you can see, the Get Well mitts for my aunt are almost finished, and a kind Raveller has sold me the yarn to finish them; it should arrive soon!

And I decided I needed a little magic in my life, so

I finally knit up the magic ball my sister gave me.

I love it. I have this thing where I try to stay away from neutral colors because I will overdo it and just wear browns, beiges, white, and black if I don't watch myself. I got to indulge that in this scarf. I love the colors. And maybe I'll go easier on myself in picking neutrals in the future. (I did realize today I have an overabundance of clothes in the coral/salmon range of things, but still a lot of neutrals. Yes, my closet is organized by color. It's the one thing that stays consistently neat in my house, aside from my books.)

Anyway, I'm still trying to decide about doing the Craftsman Afghan, the ruffle scarf, the ruffly cardigan...or something else entirely. I did just discover this wonderful, wonderful quilt last night. I'm kind of in love with it, but I am on a strict yarn diet for the foreseeable future, and I don't have a whole lot of sock yarn around! But I just might dig in with the small bits I do have...maybe that second, errrr fourth sock will just never get done. And while I don't have any cashmere to do this lovely hat (Peek), I am hoping to find something in my stash that will work!

Happy knitting!

Figuring things out

I moved again at the end of July, and just started my postdoctoral fellowship. So things are in flux. Added to this is the fact that boyfriend and kitty are still in Montana! It's definitely a weird time and I'm still trying to figure out my life right now...workout routine, work schedule, when to knit, cook, bake, read. And this darn long distance relationship thing, that pretty much is fine in terms of our relationship. We're solid. But it just stinks.

I've been working on the get well mitts for my aunt (Autumnal Mitts), but haven't made much progress on anything else. The cotton yarn thing is definitely getting in the way of finishing the market bag and drew top. I'm thinking of starting a couple of new projects, but I'm not sure which yet: the Craftsman Afghan (in my own set of colors - mostly blues and greens), a top-down cardigan (in mustard yellow), or this pretty ruffle scarf (Ravelry link - for the qiviut - finally! Haven't picked the color yet though.)

The get well mitts are almost done. I have 2 more rounds of ribbing to do on the second mitt, and then the thumbs. And I ran out of yarn. Since they are a tad long for my taste (though they're not for me and i do have smaller than average hands), I know I could frog back on each of them to take out one pattern repeat, but I'm hoping of the couple people on Ravelry with that yarn to trade/sell will come through on this!

Really, other than this, there hasn't been a whole lot of knitting. I've just been too wiped out from my new job at night to do anything except make dinner and watch TV. I hate that...so hopefully I'll get used to it soon. Today I am hoping to start one of those new projects (but which one?) and certainly work out. In fact, that's what I'll do now, before I get too hungry for lunch! And I'm seeing boyfriend on Thursday and through the weekend, definitely a bright spot in what will be a busy, busy week. (Still missing a small cat though.)