I’ve been wanting to make myself vests and sweaters for at least the last year or so of knitting but I kept being too terrified of knitting things that actually have to fit me. Last winter Jasper’s mom sent me 10 balls of a soft bulky weight yarn that I knew immediately would end up as a sweater for me, and I’ve spent the last year looking for the right thing.
Well, I found it! I’m working on Lia from Knitty. I’m pretty excited.
The sweater is coming along nice and quickly for the most part. I’m enjoying bulky weight yarn!
I did have to restart it like 5 times because I decided I didn’t like the fabric on 11s and actually needed to swatch, and then I couldn’t get the cast on to work and went with long-tail on larger needles after deciding to knit on 10s. After all that fuss, though, the sweater seems pretty easy. I was lazy and cabled sans extra needle for most of the front, a skill which I’m glad to have these days. At this point I’m almost done the bust short rows. When I tried it on last night while hanging out with SCA friends, everyone said “you should make it a knit corset”. It’s an entertaining idea, but I want a sweater. 
The poor Crazy Ribs Mitts have been put aside yet again- I did a row on them today out of guilt, actually. I will finish them someday! It’s just hard to keep working on teeny tiny needles when I have this large, easy-to-knit project over here…
