The picture is courtesy of Little Man (I think this next year we'll do more in photography with him in art, and you may see more of his photos). It hangs low enough, and seems to be big enough around, before the collar. Also, here's the purple sweater:
I am on the first new skein, having knit the first 2 of 4 from the body. I will alternate the old and new skeins for length. I may get by with only one, but I have an extra just in case. I thought there were 3 skeins left, but I must have used 8 skeins instead of 7, so there were only 2 extra. That's okay - I think I can still make it. Here's the other project I've been working on:
It's My Cup of Tea socks. I'm using my birthday yarn, Madelinetosh sock in Wilted Rose (hubby knows how to pick good yarn). These are going slowly, mainly because I only knit them on Tuesday afternoons while at the local yarn shop. The yarn came from there, and I feel weird about using yarn bought elsewhere when I'm in the shop.
Do you have those kinds of reservations? I never had an issue where I used to live - I bought a good bit from The Whole Nine Yarns, since I had more money, and it was about 5 minutes from my house. It was so easy to drive by there on a Saturday and stop in or head over there on Tuesday night and pick up something. And I did, frequently. So knitting with something I bought there wasn't a problem. I usually wanted to knit on the yarn I had just bought anyway.
The yarn shop that's closest isn't that close. It's a good 30 minutes away, in another town, and it's not as convenient. And then there's the issue of money. We have a LOT less. Like one third of what we had before. Granted, we no longer have a house payment, but still - it takes a lot of money to support 3 children and 2 adults. If you had a reduction of your income by two thirds, you'd spend less too, mainly because it just isn't there to spend. I'm a huge believer in using what you have too, so that's not a complaint, just an observation. Hubby has bought me a lot of yarn over a couple of Christmases, so I have a large stash, and I like working from it. Hence the purple sweater. But I didn't get that yarn at that store, so I feel odd knitting on it there even though it would be the easiest to knit with a group. And the group here is MUCH smaller than at TWNY. And I mean MUCH. This group averages about 5-6 a week, where TWNY averaged about 15-20 each week. Hey, another third. In any event, I haven't had the resources to purchase from Bumbleberry (the local shop) like I have The Whole Nine Yarns. So I try to use what I buy from there, to knit there. Those projects go slowly, but that's not all bad. It's actually kind of nice. How about you?
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