I haven't done too much knitting since my last post, mostly just thinking about what to tackle next. After finishing the back of the first of the giranimal tweed jackets, I thought about starting the front. Logical, right? But then I took a look at the pattern for the front pieces. If you look at the picture, you see that front is asymmetrical, with two different sized front panels each with raglan shaping and a sweet little curve near the neck. In addition to the giraffe motif, the unique style is what really made me want to make the jackets. But, the directions are a little complicated with lots of 'while doing these decreases, also on left side do this and at x cm start doing this other thing...'. Yikes! I've been a little too sleep deprived to be working my way through that right now. So, I thought I would just start on a sleeve instead (the colors are pretty accurate this time!). Besides, I really wanted to get to that chartreuse accent color. It looked so scrumptuous in the bag!

I'm thinking about trying the armhole steeks on the bug sweater this afternoon, that is, if the boys can take a nice long nap for me. And I've also been thinking about this yarn that I got from the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless in trade for lots of acrylics. I'm daydreaming about another Phildar sweater, this one a nice big slouchy cardigan.