There's A Reason For This

Caleb has been moved into his apartment and is settling into it, the campus, and College Station.  The Stunt Noodle kitty was quite a hit and he has enough blankets to be ready to build a blanket fort at a moment's notice.  Mickael and I are settling into a quieter house, although Mr. Noodle is taking up some of the slack by walking around screaming, looking for Caleb.  (He's seen Caleb go to school before.  He knows this happens.  He still always walks around looking for him, starting in the obvious places, and then looking behind doors and under furniture, just in case.)

I've been working on a sweater to fill a gap in my wardrobe that I didn't know I had until Christmas of 2021.  Let me explain.  This past Christmas we woke up to 80 degree temperatures.  Living in in Texas, we all have clothes for these temperatures, but it was Christmas day.  None of us had clothes for that kind of heat that were Christmas appropriate, and while we were running the air conditioner, no one would have been comfortable in long sleeves or sweaters.  Mickael and Caleb and the rest of the men didn't worry about it, they just put on short sleeve polo shirts and went on with their day.  I tried on four or five different things, and at this point I don't remember what I ended up wearing, but figuring out what to wear was difficult.  When our guests arrived for Christmas dinner, I found out that Mom, my Mother-in-Law, and my Sister-In-Law all had exactly the same problem!

I realized that I needed a short sleeved sweater so I could look Christmas Festive while not dying of heat stroke at the same time.  This is the reason for this sweater.  I won't only wear it for Christmas, but I'll be ready if we have another Christmas heat wave.  The pattern is the Lounging Top and I'm knitting it in Malabrigo Mechita in Atomic.  The knitted fabric reminds me of photos of Christmas lights that are blurred and out of focus.  The fade from dark to light is just the different part of the hand dyed skeins.  I think it's going to get dark again towards the lower body.  I might add some little sleeves (I'll see how it looks once I'm finished) and I've got a contrast solid I plan to use for the neckline and sleeve edging, so I haven't been working the sleeve edges as the pattern directs - I've kept them in stockinette.

I'm past the upper body where the short rows, neck and armhole shaping are, so I'm just knitting around and around in circles.  Not the most exciting knitting, but it's exactly what my brain needs right now.