... and then I had dinner with The Yarn Harlot

I am simultaneously working on my third design for the book (which you don't get to see until the publisher of my dreams takes it off my hands and gives it back in book form- if wishes have wings and all of that) and also knitting myself this:

Why? Because it's fast, and because I can.

It would make more sense to devote my time solely to the projects which are intended for the book (which might be what real writers and designers do, but not THIS hack job). That would be really insanely boring (if you want to know the truth). I'm all for keeping things fresh and lively, and I do this by knitting far too many things at once and loving them all. Multiple projects keep the juices flowing.

This newest cardigan is called "Juliet" (which you can find online here), and of course I've messed around with the pattern in just about every possible way that a knitter could defile a pattern and yet still have it look something like the real thing. It's what I do.

This photo is just one day's worth of work, if that's any indication as to how quickly this will knit up. In the mood for a quick, freakishly easy, fashionable knit? This might be the one.

As always you can see my tweaks on Ravelry.

On a random side note, I had a dream last night that I had dinner with The Yarn Harlot (Stephanie Pearl-McPhee) and that we were very good friends. I don't know about you, but I think she and I would get along swimmingly in the real world. All day today I had to keep reminding myself that I don't actually know her (but I'd like to!), and we're not actually friends (but we could be!). Darn it.

If you could have dinner with a crafty celebrity, who would it be?

Marie-Jolie