buried

i came home this evening to find that the new owners painted our entire building yellow. i don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but my building's yellow. now when i give out directions i can say, "...and then it's that yellow building on your right." i have been knitting, although somewhat sporadically. i feel like i never have enough time to knit or i end up using some of that time to do other things, like read. it's too bad that work takes up so much of the day.

and lately it seems like my wip basket is overflowing with things that are just not quite done yet. the lure of new projects calls everyday and i am trying hard not to give in. but here's a mini rundown of some of my bigger wips.



remember this puppy? it's cyd, from jaeger. i think i started this last summer and here it is still not done. i had some issues with the shoulder shaping and the back (which i made sometime last year) seems way too big. luckily the front is a bit slimmer i think because of the intarsia. since this photo, i've finished one side of the neck and i hope to finish it soon. i still like the vest but i started it before i was really into noting and counting my rows, so it's kind of a mess coming back to it every few months. i gotta be good and work on it consistently.



i started shedir on a whim with a ball of rowan felted tweed i had lying around but got stalled with the chart reading. i don't mind charts but it's not really good for mindless tv knitting. so this has been put aside for a bit.



oh here is the lovely atacama t-shirt sweater. i was so close to finishing this before i realized that the back was way too red. the atacama yarn is really beautiful but the variegation is a real bitch. i switched balls every two rows but i think the skeins i used for the back were just redder than the rest of the sweater, which is more blue. i thought i could live with it and even sewed up the sides before realizing that i wouldn't be able to live with it. so i ripped it out and am now in search of two more skeins of more atacama to match. unfortunately not too many stores carry this yarn in my area and i want to see the yarn before i buy it to make sure it matches. so this is stalled until i find more yarn.



the debbie bliss shawl collared jacket in astrakhan. i've been working on the collar for awhile now. it just never seems to end. it's take more than 2 balls of yarn! luckily it's almost done and i'll be starting the fronts soon.



you didn't even know i started this one. it's forecast from knitty. i am using some beaverslide wool i bought awhile back. i started this on a whim, too, and have been working on it bit by bit. it's pretty interesting to see it form from the top down and the texture is great.



ooohh...bobbly goodness. just looking at all of these unfinished projects makes me tired. but i will persevere and i know that one day, something will be finished. well it's off to watch "the office" for me and then to bed. have a great friday!