Poodle Helps with Sewing

He's holding my muslin hostage. I thought that only cats did this: sitting on your projects while you're working on them.

I'm trying to make this:

(the short sleeved version). I started out thinking I was going to make a muslin to adjust fit, but I think I'm going to just go for it. I did trace the pattern onto muslin so that I didn't cut the pattern up. Am I wasting time, wasting fabric, or saving paper and the pattern for future use? Who knows.

I'm in the middle of a very anticlimactic vacation. I went to the beach on tuesday, other than that it's been life as usual. Vacation is very hard for me to schedule, and I'm bummed that we couldn't go anywhere on this one due to the remodeling schedule. I had to put my request in months in advance, back when we thought it would be done by then. I'm going to go distract myself, otherwise I'll drown in this wave of self-pity.

After george got tired of chasing sticks and splashing in the waves, he make a little pattern in the sand:


Well, he sniffed it anyway. I left one of the agates I found in the middle of the spiral. It was fun to come across someone's creativity on the beach.

Koigu Socks and trouble in color lot land

I ordered a skein of Koigu from Patternworks, decided I liked the color, and ordered two more. They seem to be different dye lots. Were that I'd checked before I started knitting! Oh well, I can reknit a sock.



(Size 2/3 needles, co 64 st, and I'm on track to use only 1 skein per sock)

It's such a comfort to have a pair of socks back on the needles. I can tuck them into my purse and bring them with. I knitted while watching the Eugene Celebration Parade. I turned a heel in line at the bank. I've even brought them on two dog walks.

It's fall again, and I'm looking forward to getting a group of knitters together! Some of my knitters moved away, but I've found a new neighbor who knits, and I've got some leads on interested people.