I just finished my Punkin Patch Shawl. Yeah. I suck. But it was just so soft and lovely and I was sooooo close to finishing that I stayed up last night and just kept going until suddenly I was done. Then tonight I figured out how to do a single crochet around the edges. It’s so soft. I can’t stop looking at it and petting it. But I still need to block it so I guess it’s not officially done yet.

I also finished spinning the rest of my Spunky Eclectic roving a few days ago and tonight I wound it up and washed it. All 858 yards. Oh yeah. And I’m not selling it. It’s mine mine mine.

So while I procrastinate picking up the stitches for the gusset on my Jay I’ve been looking around to see what I want to knit with my handspun. This is offically Special Yarn so I want to knit something I will use and enjoy. Now before you start your suggestions please remember that while 858 yards is probably sufficient for a sweater for the tiny people among us remember I am not small. I am a short, wide hedgehog and usually the largest size in a pattern is still not going to fit my generous chest measurements. You don’t even want to know them they’re at their worst with all the recent changes in meds and bad episodes going on.

I don’t think I want to make a bag with this yarn and I definitely don’t want to knit the dog a sweater with it. I’m not planning on felting but I would be open to that if the project is right. Thanks to my last two FOs I’m fairly rich in shawls now as well - unless it was really really different from what I’ve already done. So I’m stumped. I was thinking maybe another loop d loop ballet t (possibly with sleeves this time) or I dunno, Bobbilicious without the bobbles or something. I also have several patterns for top-down raglans too. Or maybe Tubey with a solid matching color for the sleeves?

This is a bulky thick and thin yarn that will mostly self-stripe with brown, pink, and cream. I’m totally open to a big-needle openwork sweater idea. I just want it to fit. Suggestions? Ideas? Please?

Oh, if you’ve noticed strange typos lately please excuse them. It seems like every time I start to type Melon decides it’s time for pets and keeps rubbing her face on my hands and the keyboard. Or blocks the screen with her tail.

Day one of the yarn diet: I’m feeling ok. Learning to ignore any sale emails. I still have last minute yarn buys in the mail so I’m not really feeling it yet.
Fiber is included in this diet. Hardware and notions aren’t.