This past weekend I started coming down with a head cold. I spent the majority of Sunday lying around, wishing I felt better. Because I have a very hard time just lying around, I started on a new knitting project. On the needles right now is rusted root. I'm only 1 sleeve away from finishing my blue cardi, but I've lost my love for it. I'm starting to think about warm weather, so finishing that probably won't happen this season. I have a feeling this fall I'll rip it out and make something different with that lovely malabrigo.
I have to say, I'm not too happy with this yarn. I went with the recommended Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, but I think it's kind of icky and splitty. Sometimes it takes me a while to come around to a yarn, so there's still hope. I decided to veer off of the pattern and make my version with a deeper neckline. I know that the neckline as written will not look good on me, so I dropped it about 5". Because I wasn't reading the pattern, I left off the puffed sleeves. Oops. Oh well, puffed sleeves don't look that great on me anyway, so I'll just do regular sleeves. I'll probably bring them down to right above my elbow. Knitting this is like spring between my fingers - I can't help but think about fresh grass. I'm already daydreaming about what skirt I'll make to go with it :)
