The sweater is seamed together! It's a bit longer on me than I intended, but it fits great. I just need to add the ribbing to the sleeves and add the cowl. It is actually a really easy piece to knit. I did have to look up ssp (slip slip purl) and I will have to pick up stitches. However, if you know how to do ribbing, increases, decreases, and knit in the round, it's really easy (beginners out there, those techniques are MUCH easier than they sound). Here are some pictures! More to come later this week.

Happy knitting!

It's November 9th, which means I have been working on my sweater for less than two weeks. I would be ahead of where I currently am if I hadn't had to work this past week. I knit maybe two inches from Monday through Thursday. However, I made up for lost time tonight when I nearly finished the front side of the sweater. I hope to finish the other sleeve and the back tomorrow, and seam the pieces together. Then, all I have to do is pick up stitches for the sleeve ribbing and the cowl! Perhaps by this Thursday I will have a new sweater! I will post pictures tomorrow :)

This is the second entry for NaKniSweMo. I've been knitting my head off, since the last sweater I knit took me two months. It turns out that a sweater for me (smaller than the last one), in one color and simply knit in stockinette, goes by much faster. So far, I have knit about 15 inches and am on my third ball of yarn!

For my friends who do not knit, this sweater is knit from the bottom up. The cuff is slightly wider to accomodate hips, then it is decreased for the waist. By tomorrow, I should be up to the arm pits if I have enough time to knit 3 inches, which really only takes an hour or so. It's knit in a cotton/nylon blend, so it's a bit more stretchy than 100% cotton. Another interesting fact about the yarn is that it is made from Pima Cotton--from Pima County! It was my favorite cotton before I knew it was from Arizona. It's extremely soft and, being cotton, won't make me sweat in the winter here in AZ. Of course, my winter is the world's fall...if that.

 If I finish this early, which is likely based on my current rate of knitting, my mom has already told me that I have other knitting assignments. Here's to working hard!

Happy knitting!

I have officially started NaKniSweMo! A little behind, I finished a prayer shawl for a friend who will be ordained in a little over a month. I then swatched and started knitting my sweater. Below are some pictures. It's an easy pattern, so I think it should be fairly easy to knit in a month, perhaps sooner. I am knitting the Cloudy Sunday sweater from Knitpicks.com: http://www.knitpicks.com/cfPatterns/Pattern_Display.cfm?id=10205220 in a size medium.

Below are the pictures of my progress. I hope to update this every few days so I have more motivation to knit--as if I needed it!

Happy knitting!

Unfortunately, this Halloween was very low key for me. I sang a mass and then walked my dog outside for 10 minutes. Unfortunately, no one saw him in his cute little costume because it was too late :( Perhaps I will be able to celebrate the holiday this weekend.

I hope you all had a safe and Happy Halloween!