some more progress

 I've been working on the chicken; once the tail part is done it moves a little faster to work on, because the short rows are more logical. 

 here it is with the first half of the back done; then I knit back over to the other edge and do the shortrowing again on the other side. Then there's some curved bits to form the breast, and then you decrease for it to get smaller for the neck and head.

So maybe hopefully I can get it almost finished tomorrow evening, if I can get home at a decent hour. Saturday, unless it rains, I'm going to help on a field research project so there will be minimal time to work on it then. 

 I'll be glad to finish this and move on to another project. I have a couple ongoing ones to finish but my yarn for the "Campus Cardigan" came today - I ordered a dark green called something like Midnight Forest. I like the idea of a big heavy sweater; those take less time to knit because the yarn is bigger. 

I do need to finish the mitts, and some socks I have on the needles, and I've got a vest and the Moon Moth sweater to work on and the Syyslaulu shawl  - which is my current invigilating project.  

I will say, ordering from Lion Brand (directly) is sort of a replacement for JoAnn's, a lot of the yarn I used to buy from them was Lion Brand. (Michael's has SOME, but not a big selection). And yeah, I am still looking for "replacements" for things I've lost. Mail ordering is quite not the same; there's not the serendipity of getting to see (and feel) the yarn in person, and you have to wait (and with Lion Brand, it can take a while) for it to arrive. 

And yes, at some point I may need to shift over to Brown Sheep, given that it's made here and less likely to be affected by tariffs and shortages....

 

At any rate, this was another week that felt months long. I do kind of wish I didn't have the commitment on Saturday, though it will be good experience and it'll help students, but I'd rather stay home....