Progress and shopping

I've been working away on Conic. Because you pick up the "sleeve" stitches from almost the middle of the back, they are very long rows. Also, I paused on the first "sleeve" to start the second one - because I was out last Saturday, and I didn't want to risk finishing the first sleeve. Picking up those stitches is intense, so I did that,and then knit the first part of the sleeve. So, progress is slow and not interesting for others, but it is quite fun for me.

Other than knitting Conic I am obsessed with the new Fringe Town Bag, which is like the Field bag which I use for all my knitting except socks, but bigger.

Do I need one? No. Do I desperately want one, in the toffee (on the left) ? Yes. These are in very short supply. They do their updates at 9am Friday Central Time. For some reason I thought that would be 1am here in Melbourne. I Googled it, I didn't just magically decide. Last Friday night was very hot, and we were still up at 12.45, so I decided to wait up and try my luck. At 1am I pressed refresh and NOTHING HAPPENED. I rechecked the times and it turns out that the update was 2am, Eastern Standard Time. I went to bed. I'm trying to talk myself out of setting an alarm for 2am this Friday night / Saturday morning.We'll see.

My beloved Field bag

At 4am, sales for Kate Davies new club went live. I knew I didn't want the full club, just the patterns and essays - the full club also includes 15 balls of Milloarchy Tweed, and I'm reducing my stash (theoretically) not increasing it. I checked when I got up, had it had sold out. Luckily the other membership is unlimited, and I just purchased mine. Needless to say I am very excited about another Kate Davies club. Enough about shopping, I've got some "sleeves" to knit.

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What I made, by Sharon

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