Sun 8 Sep 2013
Funny how something that takes months the first time can pull together in a week when things go right.
Just like that, I’m back to the same place I was last week, plus a cuff and a grafted-on sleeve. 20% fewer stitches helps, too, I suppose. It looks like the sweater will be just in time, too. It’s suddenly turned to fall around here. On Wednesday, it was in the upper 80’s and humid. Tonight, it’s going to get down to 40. Suddenly we need sweaters on outside, even during the day. Something about school being back in session makes it suddenly real that winter is on its way.
I do like fall, though this year I’m not looking forward to the darkness and the short days. It’s always so much easier to wake up bright and early when it is actually bright outside. One of the first things I noticed this week when my alarm started going off for my usual commuting train was that it’s still dark when we get up now. The upside, of course, is that I’ll get to see sunrise every morning from the train platform in a few weeks’ time. That’s always a nice way to start the day.
In the meantime, I’m picking up stitches and knitting that second sleeve just as fast as I can. With any luck, there will be a new sweater on the shelves before the air gets cold and the leaves start to fall. Must. knit. faster!
Hurrah! I am sure there is some subconscious awareness that there is something not right in a project that makes us slow down on it. When I’m feeling iffy about something, I just don’t want to work on it.
This sweater will be just the thing as the weather cools. I can’t wait to see the embroidery!
I really want to see the embroidery too!!
Looking good! We, too, appear to have cooled down considerably after a week of hot, humid weather (bleh), although it’s not quite wool season yet :). I went back to look at recent past posts, and I very much like your new skirt (you make me wish I could sew), as well as your recap of our Bohus adventures. I hope the first weeks of the semester are treating you well.
I’m glad to see that your sweater is cooperating more nicely now! Especially as sweater season is most definitely creeping in. Oddly, I’m finding this year not to mind the later sunrise so much, likely because I get up so early that it’s still a bit dark out, even at the summer solstice. (Now, getting darker in the early evenings, THAT I do not look forward to.)
Good luck with the sweater and enjoy the sunrise!