My projects on needles and active right now are all cables all the time. One is a sweater for Winnie and one is a stocking for Madelyn. I'd like to get back to my own sweaters, but I have a second stocking to make for Winnie. Because they are Old Calendar, that buys me an extra 13 days, but that is still closer than is comfortable. Rich raised an eyebrow and asked if I really thought I could get both done. The audacity! As though he has seen me have more plans than time before.

The stocking pattern started with 20 inches of i-cord that you were then supposed to pick up stitches from to knit the stocking. I did i-cord while making the stitches, so I wouldn't have to pick up the stitches. I'm not thrilled with my gauge, though, so I am going to go down a needle size and then keep going after that. On the sweater, I thought I would have the second sleeve finished, because I was moving right along on it before, but we've had a rough week, and a busy one, and I haven't been able to focus.

Keese is at my tech editor's and I am hoping to release it soon. Please contact me if you would like a chance to knit this before it is available for purchase. I'm hoping to have at least two beta knitters, to try each size of the project bag. Thank you so much!

I read a short story called Crenshaw, which is a children's story, and was both sad and touching. Other than that, I've still been more scatterbrained in my reading. I've read a little in The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge and in We Mend With Gold. I even started reading something else, though I decided not to finish it.

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// posted by Ranee @ Arabian Knits @ 1:15 PM