WIPW: Molly, Sunshine, and a Surprise!

I'm happy to say that I have made some progress on Molly's first sleeve, albeit minimal progress at best, I'm doing what I can with two little boys underfoot. It's primarily my car-knitting project because the sleeves are easy enough to remember without looking at the pattern constantly like my other WIPs. I chose the largest size to accommodate *ahem* the ladies if you catch my drift, however the current circumference  of the sleeve is definitely much larger than my arm so I foresee extra decreases in my future to prevent my skinny arms from swimming in them later. I'm still loving this project, it's been a joy to knit and the yarn, oh the yarn! I can't say enough how much I adore knitting with Madelinetosh. It's like knitting with an odd combo of butter (smooth) and a cloud (light) but oh so magically delicious!

My sleeve stripes line up perfectly so far!

Next up: When Skies Are Gray. This by far the most intricate lace pattern I've done, but now that I have a couple of the repeats down, I'm happy to say it's gotten at little easier to work. I can actually read the stitches much more easily AND can hold a conversation while working the chart (*most* of the time!), a great feat indeed! I have to admit that I balked at the direction "work 38 repeats of these twelve rows" because the 6 repeats I did for Umaro were fun but seemed to go on forever! Granted the Umaro repeats were 28 rows compared to Porcellana's 12 rows, but still, after a while no matter how fun the rows, I fear that repeats will get tiresome. This is my pump-time project, on average I can get through 3 rows per session which gets me close to one repeat at week give or take an off day. The Malabrigo is crazy soft! It does have a tendency to felt to itself and fuzz like crazy after it's been knit but overall it's a lovely yarn and I love that I didn't have to pay for it ;)

 This is my surprise! A few of the moms in my due date club from Noah (shout out to my Turkey Mamas! <3 you all!) did a Mother's Day "secret sister" gift swap and this is what my partner got me! It's a gorgeous hank of worsted weight wool. I'm waiting for the perfect pattern to appear to me before this beauty is on my needles. The colors are super fun so I need something truly worthy of the yarn to properly show off the wonderful colorway (appropriately called "Treefrog").

I do also have a pair of socks on my needles in my first ever attempt at two-at-a-time and toe-up socks, I just don't have a picture yet. I decided to size them for toddler feet because I CO the pattern mainly to practice the magic loop for socks technique and figured a smaller size would get me through a whole pair more quickly than my-sized socks. I anticipate them being pretty darn adorable.

As always, don't forget to check out Tami's for more awesome WIPs! Keep up the good work everyone!