Current Knitting

Am I knitting?  yes, but not as fast as I had anticipated.  I am working on a beautiful fuschia cashmere sweater out of Aiko from Filatura di Crossa, one of the patterns from the Filatura di Crossa Fall 2004 Collection, Diamond Twist Pullover.   I loved the sweater and the yarn, but had not been sure about the colors.  From the tiny sample on the card, I was afraid it might be too bright but Theresa at L'Atelier convinced me that it was more a deep fuschia than a bright one, and encouraged me to get it.  Of course, that was another sale for her, but she has never steered me wrong on a color yet and I am grateful for the suggestion because I love the way this is knitting up.

Admittedly I naively thought I would finish this sweater in March, and a month is not bad for me for a sweater, but I have not put as much time into as I had hoped.  I cannot honestly say I haven't had time to knit, just that I have too many things that I want to spend time on and sometimes knitting gets short shrift. At other times I might knit to the exclusion of other activities.   

I did hope to work on it on the way to and from NYC last night and I did, more on the way down than the way back.  The concert, A Midsummer Nights Dream, at Avery Fisher Hall, was wonderful but long.  It did not end until after 10:30 and we did not make it back to Grand Centeral in time  for the 11:00 train.  By the time we got on the midnight train I was tired, having gotten up at 5:00 AM and I slept for half of the trip.  My sleeping habits have been very funny lately, as have my knitting habits.