Famous! And Aimless.

I don't know if anyone will remember that last year, we got an all expense paid trip to the Harbor Islands for a day of fun, and it happened through Ravelry? I go to know the lovely Carrie, Maya met a new buddy in the batch of kids, and we all had a great day out in Boston Harbor. Photos were taken and we signed some forms about usage. Well, fast forward a year, and my kids had bragging rights last night while we were out in the city with a few friends.

At first, the other kids didn't believe them, but the proof was kind of indisputable.

As for me, I'm going to stay un-famous for a bit. (The photos of me must have hit the editing room floor - and since I don't even look like my kids, you'll notice they subbed in alternate "parents" to ooh and aaah over the crabby things here.)

Instead, I'm doing a little knitting.

I started this one because the yarn wouldn't let me work on anything else. It's soft, dark purple and has cashmere in it. Plucky Knitter. I had to do it. But honestly, I have been working on it with the vaguest of plans in my head. Like no plan, really. It started with a photo from the latest J. Crew catalog, but once it got on the needles, you'd be hard pressed to believe me on that. Except maybe for the neckline.

So far, it's got a few elements that I'm finding I gravitate towards -- or should I say, it's been pointed out to me that I do? 1. It's a cardigan, 2. It has a simple vertical detail along the closure

and 3. There's some kind of a repeat of the detail on the back.
(I think I don't like the boring expanse of knitting on the back of a sweater without something - as I haven't planned this out on some of the other cardigans that also got this!)

------------

I am truly enjoying the exercise of knitting with no real goal in mind, no deadline, no agenda, no directions that need to be followed. I have a few ideas for the band that will actually serve as a button/closure thing and I am undecided about length, border and sleeves. And that feels kind of nice - since I can make those decisions when I get there.

It's a stress free way to ease into fall knitting - I highly recommend it.