Planning for fall, and beyond

The knitting continues. After finishing the first Cleopatra sock, I decided I needed a simpler sock to work on in the car and traveling. I cast on a nanner sock!

I’ve finished one, and have gone back to the cleopatra socks. No photos, the second looks a lot like the first.

Today I picked up a book I’ve been eyeing, Simply Shetland 4. I’ve been interested in Eunny Jang’s Autumn Rose Pullover for a while now. The reason I was interested in it was that I have a lot of shetland yarn in my stash that I’ve been itching to use since I gave up on a project years ago. Of course there’s a story.

About 10 years ago or so I was lucky enough to take a class with Karen Allen on color knitting. The class was focused on designing your own pattern and executing it. I was a little ambitious. I got pretty far on the sweater, but found it a little frustrating as each row took me an hour to knit:

I finally realized that this sweater wasn’t meant to be, and put it to one side. I love the colors, and didn’t want the yarn or what I learned to go to waste, so I designed and knit a sweater for E:

It looked really cute till she outgrew it. My only frustration was the buttons, that kept breaking.

So, now I have this:

And I think it would work for the Autumn Rose Sweater. So, I’ll sit and figure out if I have enough yarn and in the right contrasting colors to make it work. This should be fun!

Tag! I’ve never done this before!

Imagine my surprise when I discovered a comment from Torchsinger, tagging me! I’ve never done this before, but I’m game.

The Rules: Rules are posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their names. Then the player goes to each of the “named” people’s blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. If you’ve been tagged, you do the same, letting the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer. They, in turn, answer the following questions. Here we go!

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
Ten years ago I was in the middle of my next to last class for my MBA and looking forward to completing it. I was working as a marketing manager for a global manufacturing company and not knitting very much due to my busy work and school schedule.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today? (Well, I have more than five, but I’ll stop there.)

Prepare spreadsheets for information distribution
Share lead information with sales
Check on daughter’s camps
RSVP for a birthday party
Prepare for upcoming meetings

3. Snacks I enjoy:
nachos, popcorn, salty crunchy things, baby carrots m&m’s (not necessarily in that order)

4. Places I’ve lived:
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Tennessee, Iowa, New York

5. Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Pay off the house and pay for the rest of the work to be done. Buy a new car. Maybe even two. Sock a lot away for my daughter’s education, invest, probably wouldn’t quit my job, but would sure stress a lot less about it, help everyone who’s ever helped us out in any way I can.

Now I’m supposed to tag 5 more people. However, I’ve never been good at numbers So, here I go: Kim, Mandella UK, Mitchypoo, Amber, and YeaIKnit.

I do have knitting to share, but will save it for another post.