Last night I basted together the seams of the Sunrise Circle jacket pieces I’ve knit so far. Today I’m going to try them on and decide if I’ll have to frog and reknit all or one of the pieces… when it warms up enough that I can bear taking off my jumper. My workroom has a nice efficient reverse-cycle aircon/heater at one end, but tall windows down the other end, so I have this overall impression of heat flowing past me only to be sucked out through the glass.

I need blinds. Desperately.

This is the view outside my window right now:

In the meantime, I’m slogging away at some rather boring navy socks in the same ‘knit one row, k1 p1 the next’ rib pattern I used for the Lazy Rib Fingerless Mitts. The yarn is thin so I’m using 2 mm needles. At first I was going to make them for the beau, but then I realised how many stitches would be in each round. I’m finding them so boring, however, that I’m tempted to frog and find a more interesting pattern.

I’ve had an itch to crochet lately. Yesterday I went through my The Happy Hooker and Interweave Crochet issues and found three patterns that both inspired me and I had the yarn for. I started the Ladylike Lace Gloves from The Happy Hooker, and oh boy am I rusty on reading crochet patterns! I think there may be some frogging to do before it starts to look right.

Finally, I’ve got the itch to go to the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in two weeks. I’d like to check out drop spindles and wheels, and it seems good timing coming straight after I decided to finish KFYS. But I’m pretty sure the beau would rather I didn’t drag him along. Anyone else going?