Who are you again?

I haven't posted in a LONG time!! Yikes... I have progress to report.

First:

Yes!!! The cable front cardigan pieces are FINISHED and blocking. Hopefully they dry quickly and then comes the dreaded seaming. I can't wait for this sweater to be finished. The second front went much quicker than the first, probably because I didn't need to look at the chart every single row.

Second:

I actually finished this last Sunday, but for some reason forgot to post it. I love this sweater. I want to wear it every day. The yarn (Red Heart Cozy Wool) is so, well, cozy, as its name would suggest. I like this incarnation much better than the Blackberry it was previously. I liked that pattern, but it just wasn't right somehow. I think I'll try to grab more of this yarn from Zellers before they sell out of it or before their yarn section gets taken over by fun fur.

Third:

As I was finishing the last piece for the cable front cardigan, my copy of the spring Interweave Knits arrived. Suddenly I was all about the spring/summer knits. I am knitting the "Prairie Tunic" (although what makes it "prairie" is a complete mystery to me) with yarn from a sweater of my mom's that I frogged. I don't remember what the fibre content of that sweater is, but it had some linen and cotton in it (I think).

Now for a "that Lori sure is strange" confession: I have begun probably 20+ tank tops since I got back into knitting. I have completed 0 (that is zero) tank tops since I got back into knitting. I don't know why. I have completed many (many) sweaters and assorted other projects. Why can't I finish a tank top? I have knit vests, they are basically the same thing, aren't they? Why this strange block when it comes to tank tops? So, I am putting this here, in the hope that it will propell me to finish this one. I think it will make a nice layering piece. If I finish it, of course...

It's going pretty quickly, even considering it is knit on US 3/3.25mm needles. I haven't ever knit a garment for me (or a comparably sized adult person) on needles that small, so we'll see how long I feel that this is going quickly...

Thanks for all the nice comments on my last post, way back when. I knit the second front piece using the row notes I made for the first side and with the first piece beside me to make sure I was doing it right. I think that picture, which was a fluke, is one of the only pictures of myself that I have ever liked. I should see if I can have that as my driver's license photo...