Adjusting to nine hour work days followed by 2 and a half hours of class hasn't been easy, but I'm hanging in there! The most challenging part is leaving before the sun comes up and getting home after it has gone down - how am I supposed to photograph my culinary creations in the dark? Designing and building a photo booth to solve this lighting issue is high on my wishlist. Until I can build it, however, I have been knitting during what little free time I have.

I taught myself how to knit last fall by watching videos on YouTube and soon after I finished my first dish towel, I was knitting, on average, 3 hours a day. I delighted in making things with my hands again and the process allowed my mind to wonder and relax. The same is true now; I can come home, watch tv with my love and still feel like I'm doing something other than interrupting his shows with all my talking. As fun as hats and scarves have been, I yearned to step up my game this fall with a personalized sweater. Luckily, a local yarn shop called Weaving Works offers the perfect beginning garment knitting course called "My first sweater." This sweater is a v-neck cardigan with a set in sleeve knit with Rowan felted tweed in this amazing heather green (SH 172, Ancient green). The yarn fiber content is 50% merino, 25% alpaca, and 25% viscose.

The flecks of blue are just amazing!

This is the back of the sweater. Each piece of the sweater is knit from bottom to top, with waist shaping. I'll keep you all updated with the progress!! I gave myself permission to make mistakes on this one, so it will be an interesting journey. Until then, I need to sleep - can't be so tired that I'm confusing my purl stitches with my knit stitches!