Dichroic Reflections

dizzy knitting

Bleah - I'm on my second day of being dizzy. I think it's probably a minor sinus infection, htough I don't really have any other symptoms. At any rate, it's not quite as bad as yesterday and at least today I don't have to row, drive to work or sit through an all day class, all of which conspired to make yesterday a bit too interesting.

I've been reading the Knitlist and I think it's being a bad influence. I'm beginning to feel lke maybe I should try having a couple of projects going at once, instead of one and ideas for the next. On the other hand, newbie that I am, I'm mindboggled by a few of the questions that come up there - some of them, from people more experienced than I am, seem like the obvious answer is either "think it through" or "try it and see". I'm beginning to think a ot of people just have a respect for patterns that's a bit foreign to me, though some of that is also because I seem to be most attracted to projects that are fairly free-form. I'm gathering my courage to try a sleeveless sweater, bolstered by the realization that each side is only twice as wide (in number of stitches) as the scarf I'm more than halfway through, and is much shorter. On the other hand, the pattern is for a 32" bust, so I'm just figuring on adding enough stitches to make it go around me. I don't think that will hurt anything, though I will have to guess on whether and how much to increase the armholes. (Given the trouble I have with armholes in purchased sweaters and my fall workout plan, the answer is probably yes, a bunch.) I also want to try a poncho, a lacy short scarf, and the Big Sack sweater from the Stitch and Bitch book, not necessarily in that order. Then I can figure out where and when I'd actually wear the BSS. I suppose I could give it to my mother or MIL, but it doesn't really look like either of their style. Maybe I could just do it in a lighter weight but still bulky yarn that could compress easily for travel.