Unconscious Knitting

Because I have been doing the bulk of my knitting while doing something else (school reading, browsing the internet, watching TV, or sitting in cars, trains, and most recently an airplane), progress seems to be made by itself.



I've moved quite far along on my Summertime Tunic, and I'm within a half inch of dividing for the front and back.



It kind of looks like a big blue sack right now, but I have high hopes for it and think it will be lovely by the light of day.



My Tempting sweater has been flying off the needles, and it's been a nice break when my fingers get tired from the DK yarn of the tunic. When it came time to change skeins of the Simply Soft (only two skeins for this project, wheee), I decided to quickly knit up the sleeves.



Unfortunately, I brought the whole project along with me while camping this weekend, and the DPNs holding the sleeves pierced my red Envirosax bag, wah.



They additionally snagged the sweater in a few places, but I think I can fix those. I think these are among my first knitting casualties.

I decided to order black ribbon for my Tempting (I just couldn't squint hard enough to make the red work), and while doing so I broke my very stringent don't-buy-any-more-yarn rule. I got some lovely things, which I will wait to photograph in daylight, since the colors are spectacular.



I did, however, pick up an additional skein of Patons Kroy to finish the toe of my Jaywalker. I was flummoxed when I came within a quarter inch of the end and ran out of yarn. I was going back and forth on ripping back to add length (since I'd have a full skein to split between the two socks). Finally I decided that because these were my first socks (and I'm very proud of the heel), I would just use a few yards of extra yarn for each toe to keep them the same length and consistent.

The rest, it happens, is just about exactly the required length for a very colorful Purl Bee beret... hmmm...