a sneak peak

so, i've gotten a pretty good 50 millionth start on the original design which i'd made reference to in my earlier post. i'm hesitant to make it public because, really, who knows what's to come of it. it may not turn out and if that's the case, then all the world will be expecting this non-existent work of greatness to emerge. and you know, i'm only just a girl. i don't know if i can handle the wait of the world! ok, ok, it's not that big of a deal, and i'm sure it's going to be fine. plus, who really reads this thing anyway? so, without further adu-the debut of my latest wip: my key hole caplet.

yarn: 1080 yds. fingering weight 100% merino wool, in banana creme pie from yarn chef

needle: circular size 5

this yarn is really nice to work with. it's soft and light and though it's wool, i think that with it's light weight it will be perfect to wear on those breezy summer nights (we have those in montana but maybe chicago people don't know what these kinds of nights are).

other than the grocery sack, this is my first original pattern. so, i don't really know what i'm doing. i've never even made a caplet from a pattern. i don't have an inspiration that i'm going off of either. let's just say i'm pretty much winging it. whatever the case, i'm using seed stitch for all of the edges and a simple eyelet pattern for the body. the whole thing will be done in one piece-you know i hate sewing seams. it's pretty slow going as what you see below is the product of a yesterdays 7 hour knitting binge. about half of that 7 hours was spent designing, knitting, frogging that, revamping design, knitting, frogging that, more revamping, etc. overall, i think i made good progress. plus, i'm all reved up to knit today. i feel like the design is all in my head now, since i dreamt about it all last night. obsessed? no, not me! you must be thinking of someone else:)

my progress

it's pretty yarn though, right?