I'm back to knitting again. I was going to motor through the last bit of my cross-stitch project, which has been my only project for the last month when I realized I managed to lose a half skein of the Sampler Threads I was using. It's what I get for putting my projects in grocery store bags. They always split along the sides and then bam! I've lost a little something.
So, while the order is winging its way to me (or more accurately vrooming via the US Post), I figured it was OK to go back to knitting. I started Delphine back in April, put it aside to work on the Icelandic Turtleneck (finished, but still unblogged), and continued to leave it aside while I crocheted potholders and worked on cross-stitch. But Delphine is a summer knit, and I would like to wear it for the one or two more days of summer we're likely to get around here.
I love this pattern and the yarn I'm using for it. The Misti Alpaca Pima Silk is super soft in a beautiful red. I'm leaving it as my lunch project, so if I get the skein of floss in the mail tonight I won't chuck it all to continue working with its softness.
Of course, this wasn't the only project I could have worked on. I also still have the baby set, which I need to mail by the end of the month (it's the finishing work that has me hesitating) and I found a lot of other cross-stitch projects I started ages and ages ago. I will probably add one of those to the pile, because like knitting the cross-stitch doesn't get done without the application of hands and time. I'd love to get some more of these beauties up on the walls.
