The Emerald Garden Cardigan is done as of yesterday. I just need to weave in the ends, buy and sew on buttons then I can take photos. It turned out really nice. The leaf pattern gives it a nice hour-glassy shape-- even through the sleeves. My elbow sits right in the "butt" of the leaf.
Now that I've completed a fast 100% instant gratification project, I guess it's time to get back to some of the tedious stuff. I'm really going to miss knitting something chunky. (Guess I needed a recovery project after the Rainbow Shrug from hell.)
On deck is a "28thirty" sweater. I'm still not sure if I'm going to do any mods on this. As written, I need about 700 yards to make this. I have about 880. If I want to do a non-cropped version, long sleeves could be a problem. So I could do long body/short sleeves or short body/long sleeves. OR I could buy more yarn. Er. I'm about a million 4.5mm stitches away from that decision. 180 extra yards may be JUST enough to do absolutely nothing. Anyway, using Cascade 220 in 2444 which is a nice heathered red-- like lava or something. Very pretty. I don't own anything in red anyway.
So, this makes my seventh sweater (if you count shrugs) since I started knitting in mid-June. How many am I going to do seeing as I'm knocking them out so fast? Well, I have yarn for a buttony after this so definitely eight. After that, I don't know. Maybe I'll try something more complex. Or maybe I'll try to make my own pattern. Or maybe I'll try my hand at sewing. Who knows. I'm about a billion stitches from that decision.
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