Don’t laugh! I was really going to try do do NaBloPoMo again, and knit a sweater, and make a few things out of Noro, and have all my Christmas gift knitting done. Ha! Dream big I say! That way you really feel that fall from grace when it happens. I wish I could say my absence was because life got all crazy fun, but no that didn’t happen either. Life just happened in a sort of blah, blah, blah way.

I have/had the funk! Big time!

It’s breaking, slowly but surely. I did get a bright spot the other day when I virtually ran into an old friend from Bermuda (Hi Max!!). Crazy how this online world works at times! but I’m totally enjoying the mental trip down memory lane. Then again as the, oh so mature women I’ve grown to be (stop laughing I have my moments), I cannot believe how young and dumb I was! oy! I wouldn’t give any of it up for the world, yet if my missy even thinks about half the stuff I did I will have to hurt her. Earlier today, when I told her for no particular reason I may just have to duct tape her to the chair until she’s 40 she just gave me that ‘whatever mom’ look that makes my neck twitch.

So stuff keeps happening , but I just keep rolling. It’s been quite the coaster ride. Not the Yes! this is the ride of my life type with your hands flailing in the air, it’s been more like, if this ride doesn’t hurry up and stop I just may lose my lunch type. In the famous words of Nemo “just keep swimming, just keep swimming” so I do :)

Now for some real content - I do have a sweater to show you! I know! (proclaiming my love for Craig Ferguson and saying it just like him) It was finished awhile ago, August to be exact. Yowza - and I’m guessing most of you here have already seen it because it’s gone crazy on the love meter. (Believe it or not I haven’t been to Ravelry in weeks) This is one of the finished items I mentioned long ago. See this time my extended blog break wasn’t even due to lack of content - there’s more finished. Any way on with my wicked sweater.

My passion for wicked was not the love at first sight type. It was a slow, burning desire that then went into full helter skelter, must knit this now mode, when I ran into this little pretty. Then, when she mentioned

Also, I have to admit I kind of love how … buxom a good cabley sweater makes my modest A-cup look.

I knew this was to be my next sweater at all costs!

And it worked! Modest A to Vavoom with the help of a fine cabley sweater.

Who needs a wonderbra when you have a wonder sweater! I love, love, love, this sweater!

But it is just a sweater…not a miracle worker!

Truth in advertising and all that…it’s Debbie Bliss Cashmerino the better stuffer upper. You think Craig will still like me?

I still love this sweater!

Pattern: Wicked (Worsted Weight Version)
Yarn: 2 1/2 skeins of Dream in Color Classy in Beach Fog
Size: S (32 -35″)
Modifications: Turned it into a cardigan with a knit at the same time button band. Pam has since written a wonderful how to cardiganize post. I did mine very much the same except the button band part.

All the missing pieces can be found on Ravelry here

I love this pattern and fit so much I’m probably going to do it again, but more like the original pattern.

We had a power outage first thing this morning, and it threw me all off. I’ve done absolutely no work yet, and you know what, I’m keeping it that way. Money, who needs it! Joking! but I’m sort of enjoying the (very much needed) mental break. I’m going to see how far I get in playing the blog reading catch-up game before I push the big read all, and do a bit more walking down memory lane. I was so young and perky then! Max called me quirky :) I’m thinking that’s a label that still fits where the perky one is long gone! Why is getting older so hard on the body?

Posted in Knitting, Spew, Done and Gone, Cardigans on Dec 8th, 2008