I needed a break …

Originally uploaded by dormousie.

I’ve been therapy-knitting on this the past night or so.

I’m a little frustrated with Samantha. I’m going to pull back and redo the neck shaping (thanks to Tisra’s help) but I just don’t feel like messing with it … again.

I decided to take a break and swatch for the Audrey sweater from Rowan. My yarn (Classic Elite Premiere Cotton) is going to be beautiful, but I’m going to have to adjust my needle size again. I hate that. I don’t know why, since I know that it’s common enough, but I do. I used size 8s and ended up fine with width but too tall in height. That just means I should go down a size, right? I can’t remember. If the Patternworks site would ever work for me, I’d go order a set of Rosewood size 7 circs that I’ve been wanting to try. It won’t, I can’t, and I don’t have another set of 7s here. I just bought some, but I think they fell out of my bag in the car.

So I turned back to another pattern that also happens to be a Kate Gilbert … good old Clapotis!

I’m knitting this one from a pretty handpainted yarn that I got from eBay. I decided to try this yarn because the colors were vibrant and it’s 100% new wool. I forget where or what I read, but it’s supposed to be softer and easier on the skin than regular wool. (Or something like that.) It is, and I’m enjoying working with this, but I’ve got itches all over. It’s not as bad as with some yarns, though, so I’m happy about that. Now I just need a few more West Wing discs to watch, some Tylenol, and some Benadryl, and I should have this done in no time!