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How appropriate this project is right now; backyard leaves is right, brother! It is about thirty minutes away from being completed, but had to get the pictures taken while it was still sunny. Because, you know, the sun sets at about 3:00 in the afternoon nowadays. I’ll show you the all-done pictures very soon (tomorrow?).

For those of you who have commented on previous posts, or emailed me, I’m working on getting back to all of you… Just have been busy busy lately.

Oh, and exciting news: I ordered Irish Tweed yarn for the winter coat! Oh, yay. Should be here any day, and I can’t wait. What. Is. My. Problem. I mean, there is “castonitis” and then there is the problem that I have, which is beyond human understanding. Help. *

I’ve been starting tons of little projects in the past week or so. I seem to have no patience to finish anything.

This is the state my second sock has been in for days and days and days. It would be laughably easy to finish it. But no. There it sits, broken-hearted.

My feet are all, like, “What’s up? When are we gonna feel the warm softy goodness?” And I’m all like, “Dude, I don’t know, get off my back!”

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This is a pattern you may be familiar with: “Backyard Leaves” from Scarf Style. Except I’m knitting it in smaller, cotton yarn (size US5 needles). Ooo, this lace pattern is fun.

(Yarn is prettier than it appears in these pictures - the light is dreary today.)

The only downside is you have to follow the chart because the pattern is impossible to memorize. Which, of course, is enough of a pain in the ass that I’ll probably not finish it for weeks and weeks. So… yeah.

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Last, and definitely not least, are the Norwegian Stockings. I got this yarn which is actually sport weight, and adjusted the pattern to deal with the bigger gauge. That way they will go much faster. Because I *definitely* would never finish them if I were knitting with 7 or 8 stitches to the inch. (Actually, I did start these with a smaller gauge - you can see them under my “Works in Progress.” And, well, I haven’t finished them yet).

I have two more projects started, but now I’m embarrassed, so I’m not taking any more pictures. At least then there will be no physical evidence (on-line, anyway) of my craziness.

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Congratulations to Sophia, who correctly guessed the name of the comedy sketch program, Mr. Show! She will be receiving a lovely yarn prize for her effort.

Thanks to all of you who commented on my last post. I feel not-so-alone now about these yarns with many colors. Apparently I had been reading the wrong blogs, and was starting to feel like a freak for not loving the various-colored stuff. On a more positive note, I have decided what my favorite kind of yarn is (I think) - and I’ll have pictures of some of it next post…