So far this weekend, I’ve finished the back of Garland, my very purple batwing-sleeved jacket. I’ve started the fronts and am debating the wisdom of pockets. (Arguments for: they are always useful and most of my clothes don’t have them, and they’re in the pattern. Argument against: they might be bulky and I wouldn’t want to spoil the silhouette.)

A few weeks (months?) ago I bought a cheap lambswool jumper from a charity shop. It’s a fine knit, so the resulting yarn is probably lace or cobweb weight. It’s 29 WPI, anyway. I have the feeling that using my 2mm needles will result in a loose fabric, and I may well have to look into something smaller (says she, slightly daunted by the prospect of using 1mm needles… Er, I should perhaps mention that I’ve no intentions of knitting anything for myself on 1mm needles, but there are smaller bodies around here than mine). I’ve only unravelled one sleeve, and already have more yarn than I really know what to do with. This evening I will wind it into a ball and swatch.

Some other knitting that has been started is not-so-secret Christmas knitting. It required the writing of a pattern, in fact the writing of a chart, which is a first for me. I will say only that it involves cables (a lot of them) and bell-ringing. More on this next month, at some point after the 25th.