along: to go WITH...

i think i need someone else to define for me how a knit along is supposed to work. as soon as i sign up for one? i stop knitting on that project.

let's look at the evidence.

#1
scarfstyle a long.
joined with the intent to get help with backyard leaves. which has been living in a UFO storage bin since last spring.

#2
sockpal2za
ahem. the only reason they were only a week late is b/c i hid all my other projects and let ALL my knit friends know that they were due pronto. and that someone was waiting for them.

#3
international scarf exchange
again. the scarf was due Sept 30th. Have you seen a pic of the scarf? No? hmmm. wonder what happened? really...i was working on the damn socks (which were due Oct 15th)



Finito!! (umm... 2 weeks late?) and it needs to be shipped internationally. Sigh. i need you, yes YOU, to help me resist temptation to join every darn knit along I see.

i leave the jury with those three pieces of incriminating evidence to come to a decision.

What else have I been working on? Besides being in the clinic 3 days a week, I've got training at SPAN (domestic violence shelter) on thurs nights from 7-10p, and Saturdays from 8a-5p. Don't these folks know i need time to KNIT?



that's the greek pullover from IK Fall 05 that i'm knitting for my very small pregnant friend. I changed the pattern quite a bit to accomodate her teeny tininess, and the expanding belly and breastisies. I made the back 15" wide, then made the smallest printed size for the front. no decreases at all. made the sleeves with 5 fewer stitches on each arm. i need to finish attaching the sleeves, then find some chiffon for Stacey to help me sew on the ruffles around the hem and cuffs.

while i'm baring some embarrassing secrets with you all? i present you with...



that would be my couch...turned upside down, leaning on my ottoman. Why have I literally turned my living room upside down? Because I'm reliving my childhood and wanted a cool fort.

oh. you didn't buy that? um... well... because I was knitting on those socks, and dropped a DPN down the side. and my fingers couldn't coax it out and the pillows don't come off... so I had to tip the whole thing over so gravity could help me. If that hadn't worked, I wouldn't have put ripping out the bottom of the couch past me. Have I officially joined the nutty knitter circle? (if only i were as talented as Franklin who would've drawn a cute crazy cartoon instead of posting a boring pic).

next blog update (for those of you that don't want to have to keep checking... (hint hint... bloglines anyone?) I will regulary schedule a blog update on, um, Thursdays? Maybe.

By then, I hope to have joined the Spork a long, made a decision on Rogue, and finish the greek pullover.