Hot off the Needles

Whew! I'm finished with my Kool-Aid Rainbow Glittens. This project definitely became a product-oriented rather than process-oriented one for me. I really had fun with the dyeing. I didn't mind the first part of the knitting, up through about the knuckles. After that, this mitten-gloves get pretty putzy pretty fast, and adding in spit-spliced stripes every two rows only made matters worse. But they're done. In a very bright, very loud, slightly citrus-fruit scented way, they are cute. Put on your sunglasses, here they are:





The end of this project leads to two questions - 1. Are they State Fair-worthy? 2. What to start next?

As for the former - maybe. They are awfully loud, but pretty well knit. We'll see.

As for the latter - even though I have about a million socks on the needles at the moment, they don't really count as a good, juicy, at-home, kids-are-asleep, watching-tv kind of project. I've been wanting to wind up the skein of cobweb-weight yarn I bought a few weeks ago and start a shawl or stole, but then I've also been wanting to experiment with entrelac after taking that class. (Perhaps I could kill two birds with a certain Forest Path stole project that I've had my eye on since it appeared in Interweave Knits a couple years ago?) Then there are the balls from the stash that popped up in my work basket - should I continue to ignore them? Oh, and the obligations. Julie wants rainbow mittens too. There are a couple of new babies expected in our circle of friends and family - they need something handknit, and I bought some yarn for those little projects.

It's way past my bedtime. I love falling asleep thinking about what to cast on next. I better get crackin'!