Casting On

My newest WIP – the Smokehouse Cabled Vest from Valley Yarns/Webs.

After my self-imposed moratorium on new projects until I’d finished all of the WIPs or January 1 came, I’ve finally started something new.  I made it a whole hour into my day on January 1 and in spite of an impressive hangover, swatched and cast on at 8 AM (thanks in part to Tracy’s not quite 7 AM wake up text – and I thought I was the morning person in the bunch).  In the crazy busy week since, I haven’t had a lot of knitting time.  Still, I’ve found time for a couple of repeats of the soft, squishy cables.  Its a great winter project – yummy yarn, beautiful color (its a deep teal, not so charcoal as it looks above) and easy pattern that just flows off the needles.

I have managed a lot of restraint with the other things I want to start – all 34 of them.  I’m in the mood to knit everything, not just start things but finish them too.  My limited knitting time this week saw a few rows of my Double Heelix socks too and a failed attempt to do a row on Daybreak.  I’ve gone through the Ravelry queue and library, my downloads and added things to my Nook for future use.  Its winter and I want to hibernate a bit, curl up with a blankie, a good book on the Nook and a nice project.

There’s no snow to be found, so my usual MLK Day weekend trip to VT is not happening – hoping this weekend brings some of time to hibernate, even if its just for a few hours.