KIP roundup

I have to admit, I've spent so much time at Ravelry, I darn near feel like I've already blogged this.
I have to do this every once in a while, round-up all my knits and decide what's staying and what's being pushed back into the closet. I always tend to get this ennui about my knitting in the summer months and vacillate between casting on new projects, finishing old ones and just generally being wishy-washy. This results in very little getting done. Thus summer my knit-ennui combined with my crochet passion has resulted in very little knitwear but plenty of useless granny squares and many rows on the never-ending ripple blanket.
Despite all this, out of the blue, I picked up the Shetland Triangle and took off in a whirlwind of rekindled passion:


I believe it'll be a gift for my darling step-mother, who initiated my coming trip to visit her and my father and helped us bridge this weird-family-weirdness we've been mired in.
I expect it'll be finished in the next week! (after only 9 months on the needles...)

Realizing that the Dulaan deadline is drawing near, I cast on for a Baby Surprise sweater


More details when it's finished.

I have three socks-in-waiting:


Hub's Red Sox Socks, lost a US0 and put it aside (socks this big are BORING!) but just initiated trade on the Knittyboard for some replacement needles.


Mom's Wool in the Woods sock. Finished one and am just not in the mood for a second. The pair will probably be a Christmas gift, so I've got the time!



Kneehighs in Scout's Swag...realized I would run out of sock yarn and stopped short...I got some KnitPicks gloss for toe and heel...I could do them toe-up and would have enough, but I just can't decide...maybe I'll make Monkeys or Sidewinders instead?

I've really been craving a big sweater project, but all contenders have been defeated. Maybe I'll just make it a lace shawl summer and return to sweaters in the fall...