....and I have a problem.

It all started in October. I had missed Mystery Stole 3 by a matter of days, then I missed Mystic Waters, and the Secret of . There were sock clubs abounding, lace clubs... I wanted something that everyone else was doing. I debated purchasing club after club. But my procrastination was choosing for me. Then I found the Secret of the Stole 2. I decided the price was right, and maybe it would fulfil that high school joiner mentality that had lately grabbed a hold of me. It didn't start until January, so I had months to just sit and wait. In the meantime, I found Dem FIsher Sin Fru. I thought I might as well, as not. SOTS ii was about to begin when I found Secret of Bad Nauheim, then Mystic Light. I didn't notice until it was too late. I am now in 7 KALs. One has been finished, two are on the needles, and I can see myself knitting almost nothing but lace shawls all year.

That's not true. I have a walking sock for my walks to and from work. I tried lace. Really, I did, but goodness if my 20-30 minute walk became 45 to 60. I had been near the end of the pattern, and had memorized much of the pattern, but I an mot willing to try it with my Dem Fisher Sin Fru. The yarn is nearly half as thin as the Shadow I was using for SOTSii, and pattern is much more complicated. (More in the "I can't predict what will come next", not with actually difficult stitches.)

I am loving both Dem Fisher and Mystic Light, though I am only at the first clue for both. Pictures will be up soon, and the other little projects I did over my week off.

I knit slow, but dream big.

There has not been much knitting this week. I am trying my hardest to catch up in the Secret of the Stole ii KAL. I have been behind on the clues since I spent a weekend at Dillon Beach. I try to knit at night, but that is not always what happens.
I have a job that I CANNOT knit during. I work from 7:30 to around 5 or 6, whenever I get tired enough and decide I can't get anymore done. I walk the 30 minutes home and I try valiantly to eat dinner and sit down for some serious knitting, but (quite literally) three days out of five, I'm asleep by 9:30. Wednesdays are usually good for knitting, as the husband is off with friends, but this week I had a late meeting, and he stayed home. 2 rows. Fridays are also good, I somehow can stay up later. 20 rows. I am now working on clue 8.
Meanwhile, I haven't even swatched for Dem Fisher, and it's already over. I also need to swatch for Mystic Light, and fully intend to do both this weekend. Of course, this is where I severely overestimate my knitting ability, and the amount of time I won't be cleaning, or going in to work.

In fact, the last time I saw with the group on SOTSii, it was clue 5, and I won a prize.

If I was braver, I might dye it.

A quarter past 7 in the..... yea you get the idea

Secret of the Stole II. My current main WIP. Back in November I heard about this KAL and I decided to try it. I had been toying with various clubs, Year of Lace, Blue Moon Rocking Sock club, Simply Socks club, and more recently the Tsock Tsarina's sock club. Well, I am very careful with money (read will squeeze blood from a penny) and I couldn't justify spending $28 to $34 a pair of socks with yarn and patterns I might not want. A KAL seemed to be the perfect solution.

I ordered Knit Picks Shadow and began right on time. I actually have been able to keep up for most of the time. I was kept behind one week I spent with the family at the beach. I am enjoying it very much; in fact, I am now signed up for four other KALs too.

Dem Fisher sin Fru. It actually is almost over, but I haven't even cast on yet. I had one skein, and was lucky enough to find a second matching one four months later,

Mystic Light.
I have the yarn, 2 skeins of Sterling Silk and Silver in black.

Slow Bee and Secret of Bad Nauheim I need yarn for still.