Excited again

So it turns out doing bunches and bunches of garter stitch is really boring. I've been working on my friend's project for a couple of days now, and the progress was less than stellar. Part of it I'm sure is that I'm completely free-styling the colour changes, but the progress that I made over the past couple of evenings was duplicated in 2 1.5 hour car rides today. No I'm not insane, I have to do two matching sides and I figured this was the best and laziest way of making sure I will have enough yarn all around.

Anyways, the point of the post is that I have found something to get excited about again. I'm testing a new pattern for longies, and I'm doing it in double knitting. They are currently unpatterned, and I think that learning the increases and decreases for gussets etc will be challenging enough, but since I'm working in two colours anyways, I hope to be able to add some embellishments. Also, it appears that the instructions are written for knitting the front in one round and the back in another, so I'll see if I can modify that or if I'll be totally lost.

Now to find the wool for these little pants...

Time to knit for baby!

I had my 22w appointment just over a week ago, and I realized at that time I am more than half way through my pregnancy and I have not yet started knitting for the baby! Clearly an oversight which must be corrected immediately.

Getting started on the baby knitting also means that I should make a huge dent in the 'for baby' stash which has been growing unchecked for years and years. This too is a good thing, as the stash is currently occupying the room where we are planning to put the baby!

So, I've joined a longies knit along, and although I haven't done a single woolen stitch to cover a baby's bottom, I have started a cute little Paton's lace jacket in Apricot Beehive. A FO picture should be arriving in the next day or two, and I think I'll work on a blankie next.