I am looking forward to knitting during the Winter Olympics this year. I love the fact that the games are in Vancouver, which is just a stone’s throw from here – even though we aren’t going in person, it is neat to know that all that is taking place just a few hours from us.
Keeping in mind the incredible work load upon me this month with our office move, I tried to choose relatively simple patterns. We’ll see how successful I am. The nice thing is, this is a personal challenge – as long as I feel good about my own progress that’s the only jury I need to answer to.
I’m going to try my first cowl - Pretty Thing (ravelry link) by The Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (non-rav link). This should be fairly fast and I’m going to take it as my commuter knitting. There are three yarns I am trying to decide between: my hand spun gray alpaca, a blue-green silk tweed, and a deep purple sock yarn… Choices, choices.
I am also going to try an aptly-named sweater – February Lady Sweater (ravelry link). It is rather ambitious to expect to knit an entire sweater in two weeks but I’m going to try because A) it’s chunky yarn and B) the pattern is pretty straight forward, no cables to deal with and C) as I discovered on Wednesday, I’m a blazing-fast knitter and should be capable.
I do need to make a swatch or two before I dive in. The yarn is all picked out and wound into balls.
And, in order to avoid utter boredom and/or to fill in as commuter knitting when I blaze right through the cowl, I have a Vintage Baby Set lined up as part of a knit-along. (non-rav link here) There are lots of babies in my life right now so finding a recipient will not be difficult. Lots of yarns to choose from in my stash.












