Ruthless Knitting

Oh my goodness, is it ever gloomy here! It rained all day yesterday, and it is raining again today. I know that April showers are rumored to bring May flowers, but the flowers were coming along just fine until the gloom arrived, and now the blooms on the forsythia bushes are all droopy.

What, I’m supposed to talk about knitting?

I have been obsessively writing out my pattern for Sanguine Gryphon Fiber Arts. All this mental math is good for my brain, which has not been tasked in this particular way for a very long time. I believe I finally cracked it (the pattern, not my brain) last night after making a number of errors and learning the hard way How Not To Write A Pattern. Hint: Don’t try to figure out all of the sizes at the same time. That’s crazy-making!

Here’s a picture of the Undertow yarn that I’m using for the pattern. Pretty, huh?

This is what it looks like knitted up.

If you’re tempted, you can go on over and buy some from Gryphon. I endorse it wholeheartedly.

I’m also working on the second baby tank, but so far it’s unworthy of a picture — just a messy-looking provisional cast-on and a few inches of undistinguished stockinette. Dark purple stockinette, should you care to imagine it.

I continue to pay fealty to the bathmat for a few minutes every day. It’s getting bigger, but it looks about the same. For the sake of variety, here is what it looks like when I’m not working on it (i.e. 23.8 hours a day):

I don’t always prop it up against the plant, of course. It’s just the only place in the house with enough light at the moment to take a decent picture.

Finally, I’ve been developing a design for a summer top using cotton Habu yarn, and after knitting a few large swatches and devoting thought to it on more than one bike ride — I have many of my best ideas while bicycling or jogging outdoors — I’ve come up with what I think will be a workable design. No, you can’t see it, but here is a little peek:

The weather today makes a summer sweater seem like a distant and somewhat absurd goal. I will bake bread instead.

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