Here's what I'm working on

The top photo shows the baby cardigan I started. I haven't been working on it, partly because I don't feel like starting the cuffs. It's knit in one piece, you see.

The second photo shows the kerchief scarf I'm working on. It's from a book called Last Minute Knitted Gifts.

I'm also planning on making a scarf for my cousin. Luckily, he doesn't know about my blog, so I can speak freely without him finding out about my cunning plan :)

I also need to knit a pair of socks for myself. I have some Bernat Sox Multi and my Garnstudio Fabel - I might use the Fabel in a pair of Monkeys, but I'm not sure about the Sox. I'd like to make a pair of Monkeys in the Sox, because the colourway is awesome (anyone who's on Ravelry can see the colourway by looking in my stash). But I'd have to swatch.

I haven't been working on my mobius wrap or my vest. I guess I just feel like knitting with cotton.

Oh, and I'd also like to make some washcloths for my friend Holly. I probably won't get them finished before she starts university in the fall, but I could make them after I'm done my kerchief scarf and give them to her for Christmas, or her birthday, which is shortly after Christmas. The scarf for Justin (my cousin) will be either a Christmas present or a birthday present - I'm not sure if I can knit it in time for his birthday, though.

ETA: The photo of the baby cardigan is quite dark - it's actually a much lighter blue!

So much for regaining lost sleep...

I couldn't drift off again, so I put on my R.E.M. CD and went through some of my knitting magazines, looking for baby patterns. I'm hooked on baby knits. They're just so darn cute! The cardigan I'm working on is coming along nicely, although I'll have to block it because of some loose spots. I finished the increases, and next I have to cast on some stitches (eight, I think) on each end for the cuffs. Yep, it's knit in one piece.

My mom and I keep quoting from Rocky Horror. Like the other night. Mom was cooking dinner on the stove, and I was heating up some leftover pork chop to go with my potatoes - mom was cooking the rest of the pork chop pieces in saurkraut and onions, and I don't like saurkraut and onions most of the time, so she set aside some meat for me to heat up in the microwave. I can't remember what we were talking about, but I said, "It's ASTOUNDING..." and she continued, "Time is FLEETING..." Also, earlier tonight, I was talking to her about something (again, I can't remember what... maybe something knitting-related???), and I began, "I remember..." and my mom added, "Doing the TIME WARP...." It was so funny.

And since my mom has corners of her Flair board on Facebook devoted to certain themes (like Meatloaf and Rocky Horror), I decided to do the same thing with my Rocky Horror Flair and my Robert Plant Flair.

I hate it when I feel tired, but I can't go to sleep. Drives me nuts. I think it'll happen again tonight.

Baby cardigans and Bryan Adams (dogs, too!)

Let's start with baby cardigans.

I cast on for Lion Brand's One-Stitch Baby Cardigan, because I need to use up my two skeins of Cotton-Ease. It's the first time I've knit with cotton, and so far it's going good. The yarn split a few times, but it didn't catch on the needles like acrylic does. Okay, so Cotton-Ease is actually 50% cotton and 50% acrylic, but hey, it still counts as knitting with cotton....right?

Next, my silly dogs. Smiles, Teddy and Lulu were outside in the pouring rain. This is unusual for Lulu because she doesn't like getting wet, but the reason she was out there was because there was a squirrel on our neighbor's roof. Thus, three soaking wet dogs needed to be dried off. Drying them off is actually fun, because they don't mind being dried off. Smiles loves it - if you throw a towel over her head, she has a blast. Teddy tends to go over to the big dog bed and roll around like a kitten, so now there's a huge wet spot on the dog bed.

And now, about Bryan Adams. I went to the library the other day (yesterday, I think) to pick up Monster Ballads Xmas, and while I was there I thought I'd look through their CDs. I found Ray Davies's newest, which is called Working Man's Cafe, and Bryan Adams Unplugged. I was going to check out Bruce Springsteen's Devils & Dust, but I figured I shoudl listen to the Springsteen album I'm already borrowing first. I listened to Bryan Adams Unplugged last night, and wow. That album is going on my Christmas list. I love it. The unplugged versions of Summer of '69 and Cuts Like a Knife are works of art. I also found out that Heaven is one of his songs.

Here's the original video for Summer of '69...