Knitting- Not just for grannies anymore

Sweater Girl: sweat.er gurl: A girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters- used commonly during the 50's, often applied to Hollywood starlets (ex: Mamie Van Doren, who was often called THE sweater girl)

SweaterGrrrl: an emancipated female (Moi, in this case) who knits sweaters- as well as other stuff. Bodacious ta-ta's are strictly optional. (While nice as an accessory, they aren't really part of the equation.)

Actually, I have a confession to make. I am *blush* a sweater virgin. I have not yet knitted a sweater (in defiance of my chosen moniker). I am actually...a scarf-a-holic. Not even cool patterns, just long rectangles that require little to no thought, are hard to screw up on, and I can talk or watch tv as I churn out miles of auto-pilot garter stitch. My reasoning- you can always use another scarf. I try to liven it up by combining colors and textures or putting in stripes, but I definitely need to expand my horizons, pick up a pattern, throw off my cloak of knitting laziness, and resign myself to using a purl stitch or two.

Up to now, my biggest project has been a ribbon poncho- the pattern was a freebie from Michael's, and it knitted up quickly on size 17 needles- I used Lion Incredible ribbon in City Lights. it's all bright and asymmetrical and fringey and funky and fun. I've gotten so many compliments on it, I'm almost embarassed to wear it! The texture of the ribbons looks really cool, people are always asking if they can touch it. I am going to take some photographs of it this weekend, so I can post 'em.

I am almost done with my latest garter-stitch scarf. I am probably going to make a hat to match on the new "knitting looms" I just got. While they're not too flexible, they seem pretty fool-proof, I just have to make sure that the length is generous enough for my big huge head. The yarmulke effect is just not what I'm going for this season.

So, I am stuck trying to decide on my next project.

I have a bunch of mohair hanging around in my stash that I love, but I seriously don't know what to do with. I started making a scarf, but while it looks pretty cool, it's ITCHY as hell. Plus, it sheds like a mofo. Yikes! Would it be insane to frog my scarf and try and lose my sweater virginity with this stuff? I guess I could wear a turtleneck underneath. There's a cool one-piece "shell" in S&B Nation (nifty patterns, give it a look-see) that might look pretty cool in mohair. Does it count as a sweater if it has no sleeves? Hrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm........

Also, I promised my neighbor that I would make a sweater for his charming dog- 'cause baby, it's cold outside. However, Mr. Doggie is getting some green Red Heart acrylic. No way am I going to subject natural fibers to say- I don't know, rolling around on a dead moose carcass or whatever dogs do when we're not looking. I am sure that Dave, owner of the aforesaid dog, will appreciate the "washability" factor.

OK, some sweater, or variant thereof, will be my next project. I need to shake my fear of commitment and start knitting on a larger scale!

In the meantime, Alan comes home tonight. I should probably make an effort (like say, cook something) to show him how much I luuurve him.