clapotis race!!

Sooo, I know its already been a while back, but I did end up successful in my clapotis race, finishing it in about a week and a half!! Ohhh yess! That was some serious speed knitting. It was knit in the amazing handmaiden sea silk, which is always a dream to knit with. It turned out absolutely gorgeous, so drapey and amazing.

That said, while the fam. Came out to visit, I had my mom pick out a colorway she liked in sea silk, so I am in the process of making another one for her. I haven't had nearly as much time to knit as I would like to have, so I am working on stealing little bits of time here and there to finish it. I have been so busy with work, esp. The flash development projects....I am always under a tight deadline with the clients so make huge revisions, which just eats up so many many hours.

In other news, after my second attempt at the buttony sweater (off of ravelry) I decided I am too bored with this pattern and have no motivation to give the second try a wholehearted attempt.

So I frogged it, and am now using the yarn to make Rusted Root from zephyr style. Its knit in the round, its super cute, which makes it something I am really into.

I finished up a pair of the dashing gloves made with handmaiden casbah, soooooo pretty!!! And oh so fast...almost instant gratification.

Also, a few months back, I found out my knitting style is actually combination knitting...not continental like I had always thought!! What a shock that was!! I love combination knitting though...I find that I can just get into this groove and fly through things!! The only thing I don't love is the need to translate patterns, and figuring out how to do ssks and k2togs...so make them look how they should. It is awesome though how knitting combination really makes me understand the structure of knitting, the how's and why's of the stitches like I have never understood before. I find myself not just mindlessly knitting and following intructions, but really understanding the act of knitting and the structure of it, which I am finding very rewarding.

Alright, off to work!!