The Funk

I have been in a knitting funk for the last week. Its kinda like every other funk where you just don't feel like doing anything. I'm on day 8 of a 10 day house sitting gig with two rather easy golden retrievers to care for. I brought 5 knitting projects and was sure at least 3 of them would be completed. I was wrong. The green scarf/bonnet is just a scarf. The baby gift still needs a bind off and ends woven in. The socks were ripped (pre-planned), restarted on larger needles and languish at 1.5 inches. The other baby gift was looked at, then shoved in the bottom of the bag and the red vest is still in time out after its last gauge snafu.

I simply cannot summon the mental energy required to fix issues or knit lace. Maybe I should lay off the Sudoku...

Modern Minimalism: Interlude

The cardigan is finished.
With yarn to spare.
Pictures to follow after my photographer arrives.

Modern Minimalism: Part 2

Last June I cast on this. And in August I mentioned it. When I moved in October, it was one of the projects that stayed with me. And was promptly shoved in a drawer in favor of Christmas knitting, a baby sweater, socks and necessary accessories. Recently, it was resurrected because two unfinished sweaters seem silly in my PNW environment and with only one income, yarn acquisitions have come to a standstill. Time to knit from the stash.

So... when the sweater was last seen, I had one sleeve completed (balls #1 & #2), one ball's worth of the other sleeve (ball #3) and the back completed up to the armhole shaping (balls #4 & #5) for a total of 5 balls used (I only had 10 to start with and yardage/math issues.)

I have since completed the back (ball #6) and the left front (ball #7 & 1/2 of #8). I'm working on the right front now. I hope to finish it with the rest of ball #8, leaving me all of #10 to finish the second sleeve. If not, I do have 2 small balls left that equal 1/4 of a ball, which should be enough to top off the sleeve. If it comes down to it, I will frog my swatch for seaming.

Let's get to it, shall we?

ETA: Thanks to the sharp eye of 5elementknitr, it was brough to my attention that the location of ball #9 was omitted. It is located in the right front section. I was knitting with it and forgot to include it in the count. Thanks, Ruth!!