In which feldman descends into KnitHead Nadsat for her NeedleJockey Droogs.

I've made fingerpuppets, hats, scarves, half a skirt, babywear, a Cthulu
(still needs to be pieced together), a few dozen woolies both short and long
(for cloth diapering), and lately doll clothes that don't suck. This will
be my first full-size sweater:



This pattern made
with

this
yarn, a superwash Merino fingering weight in the colorway "Lincoln
Park", autumnal oranges and dark toast browns that's knitting up to look
like burled walnut. All seven rows of it so far. And I've already changed
the pattern, starting with a few rows of seed stitch instead of straight
garter stitch to discourage the bottom edge from rolling.



I'm finding the prospect of 3 whiffleball sized balls of yarn somewhat
daunting, considering I'm still only halfway through the fucktonne of yarn I
bought for the skirt, started over two years ago. On the other hand, the
skirt project required learning intarsia and following a chart for sixty
rows. Not a project to tackle alongside morning sickness and parenthood, I
found. On the third hand, I now have a hope in hell of fitting into it
again. I've got twenty rows left and the skirt turns into straight garter
with decreases and sewing a lining, which I already bought the fabric for
(is inordinately proud of self, as I had no intention of sewing a damn thing
for it two years ago--let's not mention the deciding factor of having
to line the skirt to cover the backside mess of learning intarsia).



The sweater is big in terms of size, not complexity, and so doesn't require
TOTAL SILENCE and NO TOUCHING for me to work on it. In other words, I can
actually work on it with my current toddleriffic lifestyle. I figure this
might be the lucky year for the skirt as well, but I won't push my luck.