..and I think my finger is paying the price. It doesn’t help that about a week ago I got superglue on my fingertip (I was fixing my sunglasses). Then my skin cracked at the edge of the glue - right where I tend to push on the tip of the knitting needle to scoot stitches along towards the tip. It doesn’t help that the options tips are REALLY pointy. Well, it helps while knitting, and I really like them, normally, but now I’ve got a major ouchy spot right where I *really* don’t need one. So I think I’m going to take a break from the tangled yoke for a few days so it can heal some, unless I am magically able to find a thimble that works for me.

But it’s hard to believe it’s over halfway finished now! I know I still have quite a bit of knitting left to do, but I’d estimate that I’m actually 60-70% finished… that’s pretty good, I think, considering it’s my first sweater for me, I bought the yarn just two weeks ago, and I’ve got the “fun” part still to do (which motivates me to keep knitting)!

And, with relatively short notice.. we picked up our bunny this afternoon!

DH is quite amused by him… I don’t think he quite got why I wanted this bunny and he’s still a bit confused as to why he looks so ‘goofy’. He is so much smaller than he looks, too.. under all the fluff he’s still a tiny little baby bunny! He’s two months old today, which makes him exactly 3 weeks younger than Odin

After nearly a year of waiting (I met his breeder at last year’s Kid n Ewe festival), I’m finally closer to getting a fiber bun.. I just need to arrange when/where to pick up this adorable little 8 week old english angora, and he’ll be mine!

Isn’t he cute? I still have to figure out what I’m going to call him - and I’m open to suggestions. I don’t want anything too stupid or cute for him, or at least, not unless it’s something *really* funny. Otherwise I think I want something semi-serious.

I’m making progress on the tangled yoke.. I’m done with the first sleeve, and about 4″ into the second one. Sleeves are no fun. They’re kind of like second socks. I’ve been having a case of second sock syndrome with my cedar dancing socks, which I actually picked up yesterday, attempted to knit a row on (I’ve done the cuff and one pattern repeat - about 1″ of knitting total), majorly screwed up, and put away again. I’ll tackle it when I’m done with the cardigan, because clearly I don’t think I can concentrate well enough on it otherwise.

From Zen String’s September Fiber Club - 111g, 365yds, 11WPI (it’s fluffy though, so it’s really more of a lighter DK weight).

Because I keep finding new things that I need to knit.

I currently only have 3 WIP’s, but then I have 24 (!!!!) items in my queue.. so far. I truly intend to make all but a couple of those - those I only queue’d becuase I thought my mom (who is not on Ravelry.. yet!) might be interested in them, and it was an easy way to keep track.

If only I had all the time in the world to knit!

I’m officially one hank (out of 10) into my tangled yoke cardigan. That means I’m just a few rows short of finishing the garter rib at the bottom of the body before starting on the “miles and miles of stockinette” as someone referred to it, but I need to wind more yarn before I can continue. It’s honestly going much faster than I expected - I haven’t really felt like I’ve had much time at all to knit over the past few days, so to have 5″ done already is pretty good

I’m glad, because now it’s off the needles and I don’t have to procrastinate any more about getting it done.. since I knit most of it in about two days and then totally lost momentum!

See, it was all going well until halfway through the second bottom extension I realized that it was just WAY too long for me.. it felt like it came halfway to my knees, and it just really didn’t look right. So I just cast-off the one side where I was, and then I had to frog about 6″ of boucle yarn.. not fun at all! But I did it, and aside from the fact that this thing is insanely HOT in already hot weather (which explains the lack of pants or shoes on the kiddo) and it sheds like crazy, I do like it… I will be making another at some point with a MUCH lighter weight yarn, probably a DK weight or similar knit on 9’s or 10’s to make it light, airy, and drapey. It’s a brilliant idea.. and I’m sure the kiddos will be warm while wearing it

Kaia thought the remnants of what I frogged were too temptin to resist… so she “made” herself something to wear [LOL] She’s just WAY too cute sometimes!

So since I finished it, I’ve allowed myself to start on another “big” project… the tangled yoke cardigan from the current issue of interweave knits.

I bought the yarn yesterday, and I’ve gotten a slight start on knitting I’ve set a goal to finish it by Kid ‘n Ewe in November, which I think is doable - we’ll just see if it happens!

Oh, and see those stitch markers? My friend Nesreen sent them to me.. and they’re great. The wire is flexible so they really don’t get in the way of knitting at all, plus I *love* the millefleur beads.