A Most Productive Month!

It is very, very likely that I will finish my Abalone today! It is not yet 6.00, and I only have 1.5 button bands and the finishing left! I am about halfway through P&P (I had a great craving for it, even though I had just watched it two weeks ago), which should give me plenty of time to finish. This will mean that I will have finished both sleeves and the finishing in two weeks. I am mightily impressed with myself!

Penny being helpful this morning

I'm also moving along on my FLS- it is quite likely that that will be finished by the end of the month as well. In that case, in February I will have knit:

• a hat for Kyle
• a shawl sample out of Yowza (a full 560 yard skein)
• at least 1/3 of a stranded sweater
• a February Lady Sweater

I have decided that March will be the month of gift knitting-- more particularly, knitting (and finishing) gifts for family and friends that have no particular deadline (with the exception of the two birthday gifts...) Hopefully it will be as productive as February!

I will also cast on my next Starmore, of course. It will be St. Aula, as I think I could do with a super-cosy stranded sweater. I plan to make it a zippered cardigan, perhaps with some shaping and pockets, since my current favorite bulky sweater is the St. Peter's Port hoodie (well, the one without the hood. I don't wear the one with the hood nearly as much, as hoods get uncomfortable while driving unless placed very carefully.) I have been pondering the pocket possibilities while working on the checked garter bands of my Abalone.