Knitting is good company

I try not to talk too much about my personal life here, since that is what my main blog is for, but I've been upset about something awful that happened to my cousin yesterday.

While talking to family and trying to collect myself, I found knitting to be a great comfort, even through tears.

And it seems I've needed a lot of comfort... last night I got within a few inches of the end of my Tempting then ran out of yarn (my vertical row gauge is off, whoops). While ordering another skein to finish it, I of course continued to woefully disregard my yarn-buying moratorium.

It seems retail therapy has been my drug of choice. I bought yarn for two other projects on one site, then logged into KnitPicks and got yarn for a Christmas present for my boyfriend, as well as several books. I had to regain my composure before I went completely insane.

In addition to the great growth on my Tempting, I just now finished knitting my Summertime Tunic. I have to sew the front facings down (I bound off instead of whip-stitching the live stitches for the front), weave in six ends, and thread the ribbon, then that baby's done. After much hemming and hawing, I'm going with the navy ribbon, which I think will look very nice.

I'm bummed I no longer have a tan to complement this top, but I suspect it might look cute over a blouse until next summer. We'll see.