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Current WIPS

I've realized that as much as I like the alliteration of WIP Wednesday and FO Friday, it's holding me back from posting. I'd rather post whenever than try and post on the exact right day so here we are, posting about WIPS (works in progress) on a Thursday. I've got three things on the go right now; a pair of pants I'm sewing, a sweater I'm almost done with, and a shawl I recently started.

The pants are the Chanterelle Pants by Sew Liberated and I'm using the zipper expansion pack. These have taken me a while as I heavily modified them to suit what I was after, which was a comfy pair of pants with a nice front and an elastic back. I didn't want barrel legs, so I used the blog post to modify that and take out the bottom leg pleats. I also lengthened them and modified the zipper fly construction to how I prefer to sew it. I have the waistband left and then hemming. These are a lighter weight denim (6 oz) so will be great for shoulder season, but if I end up liking the fit and wearing these a lot, I could see myself making another pair with a heavier fabric. Given how much work I've put into them, it'd be a shame to not use the pattern again so I'm really hoping that I like wearing them.

The sweater is the April Cardigan by Petite Knit, my second time making this pattern. I love the fit of the shoulders of this cardigan and my other one gets a lot of wear all winter long so I knew I needed a second. For the first time I'm holding a fluffy yarn, a suri alpaca and silk, with a merino wool and I enjoy the marling effect that's had on the color. Unfortunately I ran out of the fluffy yarn so I'm waiting on more of that to come in to finish this up, I only have the button band to go.

Finally, since I'm waiting on yarn to finish the cardigan, I started on the Montage Shawl by Jen Schuetz. Jen isn't currently selling her patterns, but I think she will be at some point on her site. She kindly gifted this to me and I'm so grateful as it's been such a fun knit. I'm using Magpie Fibers Swanky Sock which is absolutely luxurious and I love knitting with it. This pattern has been great, enough to keep me interested, but now that I've done the repeat several times, I'm starting to get the hang of it and I don't need to look at the pattern quite so much.

The first two of these will be done fairly soon, but the shawl will be slower as I enjoy the knit and take my time. Slow hobbies which keep my hands and mind busy have been so good for me these days.

Laying on a wood floor are three different objects. On the bottom are a pair of denim colored wide leg pants with no waistband, on top of those is a cardigan sweater with no button bad in a cream color, yarn neds still hanging off, and a small triangle that's a shawl in green and gray, on the needles. Next to the shawl in a gray yarn and a green yarn caked up.