Blame the insanity. I’ve been trying to get this blanket done for my partner’s birthday, which is Sunday:

It’s only halfway done, so it’s going to be late. Though I plan to spend like all day tomorrow and Saturday working on it anyway. But it won’t be done. That would be a knitterly miracle of epic proportions, which I’ve accepted is just not happening.

I was working on it like an hour or two a day for a while. Then I got into the disgust phase, where I didn’t want to work on it, but couldn’t work on anything else either, because I felt too guilty. Now I’m in the bargaining phase, where I’m working on it a little bit, but also spending some time cheating with some sweet young things.

I cast on the bottom of a little spring cardigan for Sadie:

I spent a lot of time trying and tearing out things for this. I loved the yarn (Plymouth Wildflower DK 50 cotton/50 acrylic), and the purple just made me want to do lots of little girly things. It’s a majestic purple, and I wanted a sweater fit for The Princess.
But the complicated laces and ruffles that I kept trying out just went against my whole philosophy that kids clothes should be functional. So I’m going for something cutesy that doesn’t violate that. I started with a basic k2tog ruffle at the bottom, but I’m going to resist the urge to mirror it on the sleeves and go for functional ribbed cuffs instead. I decided on a lace, but a really simple ladder pattern that won’t be super distracting or look too… frou frou. I’m sort of anti-frou in general. So I like it. I haven’t really decided on how the construction is going to come together–I was thinking even a basic raglan with a small cable or eyelets for emphasis might work (then again, it could be too many lines). I’m gonna sketch it then go from there. I think I’m going to install a zipper closure, maybe with a cute beaded pull or something. The collar is totally blank right now–I sort of like the idea of a lacy hood, but I feel like that may not happen. So who knows?

However, finicky stitches on size four needles are not the *best* break from my stupidly huge project, so today I’ve started to listen to the cries of that skein of Malabrigo in Amoroso that just is dying to be a scarf. Since I already used some of this on another project (so yardage is iffy), and it seems to want to be a scarf now, I decided for a quick meshy crochet. I like this. Malabrigo washes out so soft, it’ll be all fluffy and light, a good transition scarf as we (hopefully) move into warmer days. The big open spaces at the bottom will be perfect for some fringey goodness as well. So yay.
(I apologize for the horrid photography. I’m tired.)

So I think I’m going to work on that instant gratification thing while watching a movie before work. I rented a documentary on Iraq war profiteers, so I think I’m going to give that a shot. Unless it’s too depressing, in which case I have the second season of Rome. ‘Cause crazy sick violence from a long time ago is entertainment, while the crazy sick violence of today is horrifying and awful.

That makes no sense. But it’s strangely true.

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