Little purple Ishbel.
 So pretty and purple and little and pretty.
 I’m in love.

It’s my big pink Bandit of course!  It’s finally finished.  After 2 false starts and a little purple Ishbel, the third time was the charm for this girl.  Not sure why I got so messed up with the cast on & chart interpretation in the beginning.  Once I got my head wrapped around it all this practically flew off my needles.
Too bad I won’t be able to enjoy this knit until October now.  Oh wait.  Did I just jinx Winnipeg’s apparent arrival of spring?  Lord I hope not.

I think I’m ready to knit my first adult-sized article of clothing.

And I think I’ve decided to go with the Dream in Color Shrug.  With Dream in Color Classy – Dusky Aurora; it’s in my stash.

Here’s my quandary:  having attempted to use the DiC for a Big Bad Baby Blanket, I discovered the not-so-subtle variance between skeins of the same dyelot.

What’s my best plan of action for this shrug then?  The pattern uses two skeins of DiC, and I certainly don’t want to have one half a different colour than the other. 

Is it wise to alternate between skeins every 2 rows?  4 rows?  Every other row?

I’ve gotta bad case of…

Start-itis?

Or so it seems that way.  It could also be cast-on-itis, which I’ve heard is a startitis’ twin sister.  Either way, I’ve cast on two projects in the last two days:

• Springtime Bandit
• Ishbel

It appears as though I have a hankering for a new scarf/mini shawl…

But it doesn’t stop there.

Startitis is a bitch.  See, casting on those two items has not sated my appetite.  I still want more!  I don’t want to jinx it but it feels like warmer weather is finally upon us, and what do I want to do?  Knit a sweater.  Yep – I’m feeling the urge to cast on for attempt #2 of a Central Park Hoodie…using 100% wool.  WTF?

And a shrug.  I want to start a shrug.  Which would be so much more appropriate for the coming season.  Not sure which pattern though.  Either this one or the Dream in Color Shrug.

Last week when I was debating what to cast-on, someone had suggested socks.  At the time I was adamant that no, I did not want to start another pair of socks.  Well that seems to have changed.  Because even though I have two beautiful scarves on the needles, and crazy thoughts of making my very first adult-sized sweater – and/or shrug(s)! – I now crave sock knitting.  Again, WTF?  In this case, I don’t even have a pattern in mind!  Probably something from my Favorite Socks book.  The cover socks maybe?

Clearly I’ve gone mad.