It was cloudy this afternoon when I took my pictures so the colors aren’t great.  Rosemarkie is moving right along.  I’ve knit about a repeat and a half on the body and I’m just so thrilled with it.  I love watching the pattern emerge as I knit, I just love knitting it.  I have to pay just enough attention to the color work to keep my interested but the repeats are easy enough to memorize that I can knit while I’m watching TV or at the computer.  The only problem is that I knit with one yarn in each hand so it’s tough at the computer, I have to keep putting down the yarn in my right hand to type or use the touch pad on my laptop, not the best computer knitting.

So, for the computer knitting we have nice, easy stockinette.  This is Citron, from the winter Knitty, knit in Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Lace that is leftover from my Cold Mountain shawl that I knit last year.  For some reason I’m really tempted to do the 10 shawls in 2010 challenge on Ravelry this year.  I have absolutely no need for that many shawls nor do I have the yarn to knit them, but it kind sounds fun.  I’m testing the waters right now, I guess.  I’ll knit Citron and then start another mini-shawl with some handspun that I have tucked away under my bed and then see how tempting it is.  I have no doubt I could knit ten shawls in a year but there are other things I’d like to make, in fact I had planned on whittling down the ‘ole queue this year.  I’ll decide something sooner or later.

I am, of course, thinking about what to knit next, always.  I really need a cardigan that I can just grab and throw on over anything, I have a store bought black one, but I’d like one in brown and I just happen to have some yarn I can use.  I’m thinking that I’ll just make a Central Park Hoodie but I also really like the Minimalist Cardigan and the Dollar and a Half Cardigan which would all work with the yarn I have.  I think my problem is that I have too many choices.