More of the Stacy Pullover, and a New Project in the Works

CABLE KNITTING


This pattern is the Stacy Pullover from the book, Big Girl Knits.

Well, I guess I can see the attraction of cable knitting after all. Its kind of cool to watch the cable grow row by row. Honeycomb is easy, because you're only doing the cable one row out of four. But this hasn't stopped me from screwing it up. There has been er...um...a rather steep learning curve, to say the least.

I'm about halfway up the back, and the right side looks like a honeycomb, while the left side looks like a diamond lattice. I can't decide which one I like better yet, but this isn't the point. I thought I was following the C3B, C3F to a "T", but clearly I wasn't.

I updated Ravelry.com with this sweater today. My name on there is "aishamonique". It is necessary to be a member to follow posts on there. Membership is usually granted a couple of days after you apply.

NEW CROCHET PROJECT - ONE BIG GRANNY AFGHAN COMING UP

I've always wanted a big colorful octogon granny square afghan that would cover a queen-size or a king-size bed. A classic pattern for a "rainbow" afghan was recently published in Crochet Today magazine. I went to Moore's, and bought just enough yarn to get started today.

I bought a mix of Bernat Softee Baby yarn, and a little of the yarn the pattern uses, Red Heart Designer Sport. Red Heart has the colors, but I don't care for the texture of this yarn. Bernat is much softer, but I'm probably not going to find all my colors in one season unless I purchase on-line. All the stores are carrying spring pastels in sport weight yarn now, and that's about it.

I probably won't start this project until next month. I have to brush up on the crochet hook - I haven't crocheted in years. But this afghan should be fast, cheap, and easy - it doesn't get any better than that in the yarn world.

So pretty soon, I'll have one knitting and one crocheting project going. Get tired of one, and I'll be able to switch to another one. This should be enough to keep me busy for this year. Two projects is plenty, and three's a crowd...so I better not get tempted to add a third one.

ONE MORE THING

I love it that the Sabian Symbol for the new Moon (today) is Pisces 26: A New Moon Reveals That It's Time For People To Go Ahead With Their Different Projects.