My goodness.

This has been quite a week. One of those weeks that feels like it's a month long.

I'm glad to see the end of it. And I'm glad that I don't have anything major or pressing: I have a few journal articles to read and a paper to consider revising, and a bit of grading. But I can gather all of that up after my 11:00 class gets done today, and take it home. I can grade while I sip a cup of tea and listen to some Bach (or some Brave Combo). And I can read the articles and my paper while finishing up the knit on the first of the "Gentleman's Winter Socks."

(Yes, it's been a week of Almost No Knitting.)

I'm also contemplating the next sweater project - and I could swatch that while reading, too. I'm torn between several projects, all of which I have the yarn in my stash for:

the zig-zag cabled sweater vest from a back issue of Interweave Knits (I think it was Spring 2005. It's shown as a man's vest but could totally be unisex. It's shown on a kindly-looking older man who makes me think of the vicars in the British novels I read). I have some leaf-green Cascade 220 for this.

The Big Sack Sweater from the first S'n'B book. I've still not selected an "alternate" cable pattern, though, I can't find one I like that fits in the space given. This one is sort of pushed to the back burner for now.

The Hourglass pullover from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I like the idea of it, all knit in the round, I like the shaping - but, as it's been so warm here, a wool pullover is less appealing.

Otis from a back issue of Knitty. This appeals to me because it's a spring-y little thing. I have some deep purple silk-blend yarn for this.

Samus. This is actually the one that appeals to me most (well, with Otis a close second). Even though it's wool, it's a cardigan, so it's not quite the same as a close-fitting, pull-on-and-off-over-the-head type wool sweater. And I feel the need for some cabling. And I broke my fear and loathing of picking up stitches on the Cache-Coeur.

Actually, I might start TWO things - TWO sweaters - if I find I have enough needles of the right size on hand. Maybe Samus and Otis, or maybe Samus and the Hourglass pullover. It feels a little decadent to have two sweaters going at once - especially since I have several pairs of socks, and scarves in various stages of being stalled out, and the Hiawatha shawl (which I WILL finish someday, but it's one of those things that requires, I think, at least an hour's concentrated time to really make any worthwhile progress on).