Eskimimi Knits knitting blog

Does someone with a lot of knits leave you scratching your head?

I have always been a very singular knitter, enjoying too much the sense of achievement at finishing and showing off my latest knit to the world to delay it by casting on for something else before I had finished.  I was too eager to wear my latest hat/socks/scarf to even think about not getting that one project finished before moving onto my next, but lately circumstances have conspired against me to ensure that isn’t so.  What is most surprising is that I’m enjoying it.

Multiple projects currently on the needles

1. Sleepy Hollow Socks. These hit a rather fundamental stumbling block when I managed to lose my entire set of beloved KnitPro nova metal sock DPNs when I was last in London.  No needles, no knitting.  One sock.  Soon to be remedied by the recent arrival of a replacement DPN set which I promise to love and cherish and never let out of my sight.
2. My first jumper. This project was only delayed for a while as pesky life got in the way.  It was the project I was halfway through when things conspired against me so that I couldn’t knit for a month or so.  The front and back of the body sections are done, and one sleeve is near completion, but I think I may unravel that sleeve and knit both sleeves at the same time whilst modifying them so that they are a bit longer.  Then comes the fun bit – the lace yoke – the bit I am really looking forward to.
3. Crocheted hexagon cushion. A project started during a quiet day last weekend when I suddenly had the urge to give crochet a go.  A nice ‘no-thinking required’ project for quiet moments watching the TV, I think I shall work on this tonight during the political extravaganza that is the Leader’s Debate, followed by Question Time, followed by This week.  The cushion cover looks lovely from the outside but if anyone wants to volunteer to weave in the 100 or so ends floating around inside, raise your hand.
4. Nan’s jumper. I’ve not been knitting this project for long and did cast it on with a nod to my newly polygamous status, as I don’t know if I’d be able to handle all of that 2×2 ribbing all in one stretch.  Still, the first sleeve is complete and has had a test block to make sure that the blocking will ‘work’ with this yarn (it does) and the second sleeve is half-way to completion.