On and off the needles

 Yippee Skippee I finished the blue green socks!!! the rib pattern is p1, k1, slip 1, k1, p1 and repeat then knit a row, easy pattern but on a solid it became tedious. But I'm done!!! as a reward........

 I started new socks with self striping yarn. Self striping yarn is so much fun with its own the built in incentive to knit to the next color. I'm knitting a basket weave pattern k3, p3, repeat 3 rows then knit a row and reverse p3,k3 etc.

Then there are the wretched camouflage socks for son with his large calves. I'm inserting a life line using the size 0 kneedles from blue green socks, I placed markers where I knit  increases, I will insert the needle all the way around then begin to slowly unravel and rewind and count the rows and hopefully I inserted the needles into the same row in both socks then I can begin knitting again with the size 2 needles. As I was thinking through this plan I finished my sweater. Knitting is so meditative I sort through a lot of things in my head while I am knitting and not just knitting problems.

I love the way it fits, I knit the garter row edging tight around the neck and bound off tight so I hope it holds its shape.  The neck down cardigan I knit last winter from a different pattern feels like it is falling off my shoulders. This on is just called Neckdown Cardigan for women from Knitting Pure and Simple  with more of a crew neck.The yarn is a grey Donegal tweed that darling son (with the large calves so I have to finish his socks next)  brought home from Ireland last summer and a variegated Mushishi tweed yarn. It will be like wearing a hug from him.
 Linking to Judy's On the Needles and be inspired. ~~Ann~~