I love the Malabrigo sock yarn. I don’t know exactly how they do what they do, but the colors blend so perfectly. There are no jarring steps from color to color, and it just seems beachy and soft and sort of stone-washed.

I’m hoping to get it finished today. I have another sample coming my way and it would be good to get them all blocked at once. And then it’s onto the next big thing.

I can’t show you a picture because I frogged it. Well at least I frogged the offending portion. All of the dye lots are the same, but one skein is noticeably darker. And of course this is yarn that I can’t seem to find anymore of. So sucktastic.

I have another unused skein. But it’s not gonna be enough to finish the sweater. Yes, it’s a sad tale. A tale all knitters have heard. There’s a tear in my beer and all that rot.

Fortunately (???) I have so much homework and another sooper seekrit thing to knit, that I can almost pretend that this isn’t happening. Right?

I really just can’t over how beautiful this simple sweater is. And Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted is love. Like I haven’t mentioned that a hundred times already. And there is actually a chill in the air round here. I totally need to finish this thing so I can wear it!

In other news, I’ve been spending a lot of my time over at Sugarbee’s house, helping her get ready for SAFF. This is not all just generosity of spirit though, I’m going to SAFF (on paper) as well! That is my patterns are going to SAFF!!! Along with worked up samples of the patterns. So I’ve had them professionally printed and I folded them up and put them in nice little sleeves so they are protected from the elements. I even bought a nifty new tool – this long-arm stapler. I feel like such a professional now!

If you’re going to SAFF make sure you look up Sugarbee (aka Chris) and say hi! She’ll be selling her gorgeous fibers and yarns (and my patterns) at the Hooked On Felt booth.

Now that the sooper seekrit deadline knitting is completed, I can go back to the lady. I had planned to have her done in time for the Yarn Harlot on Thursday. But alas, the sock had to be knit and photographed, so I was focused and determined. What? You say I have five entire days until the Yarn Harlot arrives? Well yeah, I do. But I also have a research project for Educational Psychology *and* a test in my Environmental Sciences class – due and to be done on Monday respectively. So tomorrow I will do laundry and research and studying. Fun times.

Would you like to see a crappy flash photo of my February Lady progress? See – that’s the benefit of a blog. You can comment and scream “No!” but by that time it’s too late. You’ve already seen it. Like the memory of your Uncle Bubba wearing the aforementioned big undies. Your retinas are already scarred.

So today’s wip is the February Lady Sweater – aka the FLS. As you might know if you are a regular reader (bwahahahaha – that was funny – regular reader – snort!) – wait where was I? As you might know, mine is made of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted in Cranberry. Last night I finally separated the sleeves and now it’s body talk time!

Everyone swears that once you get to the lace it goes like whoa. I’m hoping that’s true. It would be nice to finish something. So just for posterity’s sake, here’s where we are on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008. Yoke done, including first lace repeat. Sleeves separated. Body in progress. Ok, I get it. You’re bored. Just look at the pretty yarn.

Oh and the earworm of the day… Body Talk by the Deele. Takes you back to the roller rink, doesn’t it?