Knitty

I haven't knitted for a couple of months now; my right shoulder was getting quite sore so I just left it for a few days that turned into a few weeks etc. I've got a half-finished cardy that I had sort of intended for Theo, but its probably going to be for my cousin's baby, as I think Theo is a largish baby who won't fit in it now. Its also a new baby-style cardy, iyswim, not for a baby of a couple of months who has already had his fashion style shaped by his mum; if you'd seen some of the funky sleepsuits that Solveig has dressed him in, you'd know it wasn't really his thing. (In my defence, I was so convinced he was going to be a girl that I knitted a lovely cardy in Cashmerino, but Lola got that instead).

Anyway, holidays are looming and as I can knit in the car without poking Doug in the arm too much, I need a project. I can probably finish the cardy off en route to Brighton, so no need to worry about the journey down, but we have a whole week of long caravan evenings to fill, so I definitely need something. In an ideal world, I'd be able to pop along to Angel Yarns on the Saturday, but I think it'd be over-optimistic to think I could get there along with everything else we have to do that weekend.

So, a trip to Sheepish in the Shambles this morning; I can only go on when I'm in town on my own, its steps are too steep to get the pram up, and tbh, there wouldn't be any room for the pram even if I did get it in the shop. I've an idea of what I want, but I need to see the colours for myself. Irritatingly, a pattern book that was published only 2 or 3 years ago contains patterns in which the yarn has already been discontinued. While I can cope with that, its definitely a hands-on in the shop/ matching colours/ feeling yarn weight sort of problem. I can't do it online.

And just a final note that I've been having a shufty at Ravelry; its a nice site but their extended search facility is shit. Either that or people can't tag their patterns properly. Either way, it means that I found it impossible to search for what I wanted. Sort it out, Ravelry.