Rainy day knitting

Today, Mat and I ran away to the local coffee shop while saviours Shell and Shimmer came over to hold the Gabster. I brought some knitting along, and naively thought I could breeze through the seaming and finishing of Trellis. One hour later, I had attached one set-in sleeve. Two sleeves are attached, which means just the side seams, sleeve edges, and a few bazillion ends to weave in. Here's the baby-sized sweater pinned and ready to be seamed up the side. Slow going... I'm really hoping to get this done before Gabs outgrows the sweater!



We got home, and the babysitters were doing their best to keep our baby happy, but Gabs had cried pretty much the whole time we were gone. Yikes. Poor girl had only one nap all day and it was already 3:30pm. We shifted gears, and got suited up to brave the rain again, which was coming down like a m@#$f$# at this point, put Gabs in the stroller and... zzzz... sweet sleepy silence. We crept quietly out of the room and retreated to the back, happy for some more downtime. Did we mention that she'd been up several times last night?

So, what to do when one is tired, cranky, needing to keep their hands busy but also ready to drop everything once the baby wakes up from her nap? Why, knit a colour-happy scarf of course, in a no-brainer mistake rib. Here it is so far... it's kind of ascot-sized...mmmm... about half-way done. I like watching the colours change with this scarf (ya, i know... simple pleasures) but I have to say that I find the Kureyon wool a bit itchy to work with. Imagine how this would knit up in a Noro Silk Garden. oooh, I think I hear the yarn store calling...



One thing keeping me sane in all this is listening to this new album. Oh, save me, miroir noir.

Happy Daylight Savings y'all.