Pomme de Pin Will Be Mine. That And Socks.

Now that the Skews are all done, I've cast on for All The Things. Let the record stand that "All the things" means 2 new projects. I had wound up this skein of Canon Hand Dyes Charles in the Fall Leaves color way awhile ago. Somehow a bunch of deadlines got in the way, so the cake of yarn stared at me... until now. It is going to be a pair of vanilla socks. 

Fun fact: this was the first skein of Canon Hand Dyes that I ever bought. We won't talk about how many skeins I have now...

Then I cast on for a Pomme de Pin out of Cephalopod Yarns Bugga! in the Nebraska Conehead color way. I've been knitting and knitting on this, and feels like growth is pretty slow. Don't get me wrong, it is an addictive knit. But I've forgotten how long a sport weight all-over lace sweater can take to knit. Also, it is one of those patterns where it looks much smaller before blocking.

It is really tough to trust a swatch, but in the case of this cardi, I'm going to have to. Once it blocks, it is going to be gorgeous!

I've decided not to cast on anything else until this sweater is done because I want to wear it now! 

Same Habits, Different Excuse

So, my birthday is coming up in two weeks. This means that every time I buy something, I've been using the justification, "It's my birthday present to me." I don't think I'm spending any more or less than usual. It's just the excuse that has changed.

After seeing all of Andi's wonderful self striping sock yarns, I decided to treat myself to my very first self striping yarn. It's the Fall Leaves colorway on the Charles base by Canon Hand Dyes. 

I've made quite a bit of progress on my Grace cardigan since I last talked about it. I'm about an inch from starting the hem. It's going pretty fast for a fingering weight cardigan. But since most of the knitting has been going on the evening, I hadn't really seen the true color of it until I took this picture. Even though I loved the yarn in skein form, I'm on the fence on how I feel about it knitted up. It's not that I don't like the color, I'm just worried it won't look good on me. I suppose the only way to find out is to finish it.

And now for a little book sneak peek.

As for the knitwear photo series, I have gone back and added some information on focal lengths on the lens post. And after getting some good feedback, I will be talking about f stops, shutter speeds, and ISO settings on the next photo post. The lighting post will come after that.