etc.

A few of you have asked about my plans for the heavenly fleece. Well, thus far, the plan is to make an afghan. Not a granny-squares afghan, just a single 199-stitches-on-one-4mm-circular-needle afghan. There’s probably a name for this sort of afghan, but I don’t know it. I was aiming for something in the range of 36″x60″ but since it’s going to be just a throw, it will probably be in the range of 36″x45″-ish. I have 1000 meters of yarn (1 kilometer!), so enough to work with, I think. The pattern? 3-4″ seed stitch border and a whole lot of stockinette in between.

The other afghans on the needles, the ones for the cats, are knitting up at a break-neck pace lately. 4 more squares and one will be all ready for sewing up (tips on sewing up would be appreciated if you have any. I was going to scour Stitch n’ Bitch tonight to see what Debbie has to say but real-life advice ranks high with me).

And in other plans, Atonement on audio has arrived at the library after a 9 month wait. I’ve had the worst luck with this book, I’ve managed to start-and-stop reading it about three times for all sorts of sundry reasons, so this time I’m hoping for better staying power.