Life, Knitting and the Pursuit of Roller Coasters

I’m still plugging away at the sweater, although not having every hour all day to work on it has slowed me down a little. I have added the neckline stitching.  I ripped and redid the hem (i hadn’t gone down in needle size when I switched to seed stitch, and it flared a lot). And I’ve got one sleeve finished. It’s getting close, I should be able to knock out the other sleeve this week. If the weather cooperates and stays cooler, I could even wear the FO to Knitterpalooza on Saturday! I’ll probably bring it along to show off even if it doesn’t get cold enough to wear it though.

I also had a good combo hobby weekend in Pittsburgh this last weekend. My carnival jaywalker got to see Kennywood. This was a precautionary trip in case I for some reason don’t get back to Kennywood in October like I plan. I had a good day  visiting the park with my local-to-Pitts friends and got a little knitting done in line and even brought the sock out on the carousel.

On Sunday afternoon, Greg and I went to Knit One and spent a while petting the walls. I picked up some koigu and some calmer plus some dalegarn that I’m thinking will be for mittens. We had a nice laugh at the wrong assumption that Greg’s my adorable and patient husband. Although I suppose adorable, patient guys are a rarity in yarn stores, husbands or not. I think Mike might be really upset with me if I went and got married without telling him though.

Well, if all goes well, my next post will have a finished sweater. Wish me luck!