Oh what have I done?!

If you have been reading my posts lately, you know that I have started 2 projects that are both due in the beginning of August. This is a new thing for me, to start projects with actually enough time to complete them when I need them, and I was so proud of myself that I had a plan and it was actually doable without throwing me into a panic the day before I needed the items complete. Well, I've gone and ruined that!

I found out that a friend is having a baby shower on the 22nd of July, only a couple weeks away, and I threw myself into planning mode. I had to find a sweater to make for the baby fast. Tuesday I spent looking at patterns then Wednesday I searched for yarn. I chose the Trellis cardigan from Knitty and off I went to London-Wul to find some yarn. The Trellis cardi is made with Rowan Cotton/Acrylic at 4st/inch gauge. I decided to go with the Mission Falls cotton and chose a nice beige color that would show off the cabling. As soon as I got home from work I started knitting one of the front panels (it was only 31 sts wide so no sense doing a swatch).

I didn't like it, it was reminding me of a wash cloth (no offense to the yarn cause it is really nice).

It was knitting/spinning night at London-Wul so I packed up my projects and off I went. When I got there I showed everyone and they all loved it. I still was not feeling good about it so I thought I'd try a ball of the Mission Falls Wool... it was instant love. Here are the two for comparison...

Cotton

Wool

What is your opinion? Some of my fellow knitters at London-Wul said that the cotton would look great once it was washed up, or to try a different size needle. The cotton is definitely softer and cooler. I was tempted, but I have to really like the yarn and pattern to spend all that time knitting it up.

So now I have the Hedera socks, the Perfect Pie Shawl AND the Trellis Cardigan all to knit at the same time. At London-Wul I only worked on the Trellis cardi so I could see if I wanted to buy more of the wool or not, which I did buy. I didn't work on the sock at all. On the drive home I started to feel kind of paniced that I had too many things on the go so I came up with a plan (yes another plan) to make me feel better. I stopped and bought an iced cappacino, came home, lit a bunch of candles, put on some music on and knit the sock until it was finished. I forgot to mention that I didn't get home until 10:45pm so finishing the sock took me until 1am, but it's finished, grafted and all. And I feel so much better!



With this one sock behind me I now feel better about knitting on the baby cardigan. Full speed ahead!