A new project??

Well, it's not like I haven't been working on projects. But lately the projects on my needles haven't been ones I can talk about and I know how annoying that can be to a blog reader. "Hey, I'm working on this great pattern and I wish I could tell you about it, but I can't. Bye!" Like I said, annoying.

Here's the new project:
Compass Rose,
Sanquhar gloves designed by Beth Brown-Reinsel


Sanquhar glove
Project details on Ravelry

These gloves are sized by varying the gauge--each size starts with 90 sts at the cuff. My hand is between a women's small & medium, and I started the project on 0's because I think I'm a tight knitter. Uh no, not that tight of a knitter, they were way too big. Now I'm knitting on #000's. As you can see I haven't gotten very far--not for lack of trying--but even now I think the cuff could be a wee bit smaller. But I'm not (not not) going down to #0000's. I'll know more when I get past the cuff.

So far I'm loving the pattern and the yarn, and knitting at such a fine gauge results in a wonderful fabric. These are going to be marvelous -- and they're going to keep me busy for a quite a while.

You may remember that I blogged about Compass Rose months ago. The yarn and pattern were given to me by Spinnity--isn't she so very thoughtful? She knows what I like.

Apparently back in January I had a list of things to finish before I was going to cast-on the gloves. I completely forgot about the list until brought up that blog post today. Let's see how I did:

• A pattern and knitting. The pattern is 80% along and the knitting is close to finished. Deadline: Stitches West
  
  >> I think this was Outside In. I was working on the second sock at SW and the photo shoot was at the hotel pool. Done.
  
  
• A new sock pattern and knitting for... not sure where this will be submitted, it depends on when it's finished. This design is going through its final iterations.
  
  >> Finn-ish Socks! At SW, Susanna Hansson suggested that I get the pattern ready to sell at Sock Summit. Done and done.
  
  
• 50/50 Merino Tencel : 2 singles ready for plying.
  
  >> Tactile Fiber Arts Merino Tencel. Done (and beautiful).
  
  
• Stitches West homework. Just a bit of ribbing.
  
  >> The homework and the Skrå-trøje are finished.
  
  
• Sipalu Bag: The reverse st st bit at the top of the bag is flaring out, even after blocking. It needs to be ripped out and re-knit on smaller needles. I'd like to start (maybe even finish) knitting the strap before starting a new project.
  
  >> Sipalu is finished and will be on display at the California State Fair tomorrow through September 7.
  
  
• Aguona Laptop Bag: Needs a zipper, maybe lining, and sewing up in general.
  
  >> Not finished. Not touched since the steek was cut.

Not bad, not bad at all. Of course there were other projects in the last 7+ months that I did work on, but finishing 5 out of 6 on this list feels pretty good.