I'm back.

It was a good break, but as always, too short, and to get to see as many of the people I love as possible (my 85-year-old aunt; my brother and sister-in-law), I had to spend a lot of time in the car.

I did get the SitCom Chic finished - this is the fastest I think I've done a "real" sweater (as opposed to a vest). It looks very nice, I like the Topacio print for it. It fits well. I did have to sew in the grosgrain as suggested, even though I used a press cloth and steamed heck out of the front facings.

The only hang-up on the pattern for me was around the eyelet detail, and that was because I've lost my "beginner's mind" for knitting and read too much into the pattern - where it said "knit three rows" I interpreted it as "knit three rows PLAIN" i.e., stockinet stitch.

So I had to rip back there. But that was my problem. The pattern is well-written, and it has a nice "body logic" to it. I like the system of knitting the body solidly up to a point, then making the sleeves, then attaching them, then knitting all the bits together.

I'm glad I have 1824 Cotton in-stash to make another one. Maybe not right now, but sometime soon.

I also finished and felted the Fuzzy Feet. Those were pure fun. I think I knit them in two days, in the free time between doing other things. I did have to wash them on "hot" (which I am sure was more than 40* C) to get them to felt, but when they did - they felted perfectly. And they feel good on - they are not hot in the way that the "Dearfoams" slippers I used to get every Christmas (and then never wear because they made my feet too hot) were.

I think it would be very fun for knitters to have a "BYOFF" party (Bring Your Own Fuzzy Feet) where everyone knits a pair beforehand, and then everyone comes together to have a felting party. It could be like a sleepover. Or it would be a fun family thing at Christmas to make Fuzzy Feet for everyone in the family (in different colors of course) and then include felting instructions - so everyone could stand around and felt on Christmas afternoon while waiting for the turkey or beef roast or whatever to cook.

I also got the edging partly done on the Trinity Stitch Shawl. I will post some notes later on knitting and attaching edgings as you knit them, since there doesn't seem to be much out there in the way of specific (non-"pithy" in the sense of Elizabeth Zimmerman) guidelines.