Academia, here I come!

This is not a knitting post: it's better! I am officially into graduate school! I'm going to be getting my Ph.D. in English, with a concentration in Medieval literature. That's right -- I'll be spending a lot of time in the next few years with this guy.

Okay, it is a knitting post: perhaps the best thing about this program is its proximity to my favorite yarn shop. School Products will be doing some hot business next year, let me tell you!

Snow and sweater sleeves

A snow day on Wednesday meant lots more time for knitting Bristow this week. I've completed a left sleeve and a left front, and have a right sleeve on the needles. This pattern has been fun to knit so far, and I feel inordinately proud that the yarn I overdyed is coming out so nicely. There is some pooling of the darker forest green, but I choose to ignore this fact:


Meanwhile, happy Year of the Pig, everyone! I inadvertently started out the lunar new year in the right way: by scrubbing the floors of my apartment yesterday. Of course I did so only because they were filthy, not out of any new-beginnings sentiment. But speaking of new beginnings, here are my knitting plans for the next month or so:

• complete current Bristow (the first project just for me in a long time!)
• knit another Bristow for my mom, if she will just get around to picking out her yarn
• knit a Cardigan for Arwen for my sister, potentially in time for her birthday, which is March 31
• Finish the arms on a cabled Rowan sweater that has been languishing at the top of my knitting pile for more than a year.
  

We'll see if I can actually do it all. I have been thinking about joining the Sweater-a-Month Knitalong; perhaps this will help me to stay focused. Aside from vague musings about projects to start, and that damned languishing sweater, I have been really good about working on only one project at a time this month. I hope I can keep it up!