Big News and Old News

I'm doing a WIP Wednesday post on a Sunday, but I wanted to share my progress with you guys. Hurricane Sandy is coming this week so I'm anticipating a bit more time for knitting, and I wanted to post these pictures before they became irrelevant. The reason I forgot to post this Wednesday is that I've been working on my study abroad plans for next semester! I'm officially studying in Granada, Spain this Spring and it hasn't really become real for me yet. I'm very, very excited, but I am definitely going to have some separation anxiety from my friends at school and from my family. I'm hoping I'll just be having too much fun to have time for homesickness!



I also need to scope out some knitting stores :)

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In the meantime, I am trying (once again) to design my own sweater. I bought the Fishermen's Wool and decided on a bottom-up chunky cable knit. I haven't decided yet if I want to do raglan sleeves (I recently bought Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman - My knitting life has officially been changed) or set in sleeves.

Here's the swatch:

I definitely had an issue with my gauge calculation. I based it on my stockinette swatch instead of my cable swatch (gaahhhh!) and got this far before realizing I definitely hadn't cast on enough stitches:

Well, I ripped it out and started fresh, but all I currently have now is the ribbing.

The second WIP is my Inspira.

This is incredibly fun to knit and I see myself wearing it all the time (as long as the Lionbrand Amazing isn't too scratchy).

I hope everyone had a great pre-halloween weekend!