Meme: on a variety of topics

starturtle0977 asked for Your favourite knitting project.

The thing is, I don't know! I really don't…

Was it the very first thing I knitted from 'Glorious Knitting', the 'Outlined Star' sweater for my five-year-old daughter? The stars were dark blue on the shoulders graduating to light blue at the waist, and the background was dark green at the waist graduating to light green at the shoulders, and the stars were outlined in neon pink, orange and yellow. I… let's say, I learned a lot, knitting that.

Was it my tumbling blocks sweater in blues, greens and yellows (I had a lot of yarn left over from the first two), the first adult-sized garment I ever knitted? Technically it's a mess, but the tumbling blocks are so cool! I should knit another one, since that one is now relegated to cat's travelling basket.

The small steps sweater for my man, or the small steps shawl for my BFF? The zigzag sweater for my bro-in-law, in shades of cream and brown with bright turquoise highlights, or the zigzag jacked that I still wear—it's *incredibly warm*—in blues, purples, pinks and lilacs? Or the black/dark red/brown diamonds for my son, much more recently? I dunno.

And then there's Phase Two, which has seen me knitting socks, and seamless, and lacy things… maybe it's the newest socks, which have a trellis of cabling on the feet. Maybe its the Metallurgy shawl, knitted in Baby Camel and Silk, which feels so nice and is such a great pattern, except that it was a bugger to do, because the first part was basically garter stitch and rather dull, and the second part was a concentrate-like-mad 44-line every-line-different repeat which made my eyes cross. The entrelac shawl? Adorable Niece's Owls sweater (with the not-entirely-satisfactory underarm seaming) or Adorable Nephew's cabled sweater which he hasn't got yet (and which at various points sent me nearly mad with rage)?

I just don't know. I have a feeling that none of the things I've made is my favourite. I have a feeling my favourite knitting project is one I have not knitted yet. It might be the peacock shawl for which I bought a lovely, vibrant blue and purple yarn at Fibre East this year. It might be the chic cardigan with awesome buttons which I plan to make for my BFF. It might be the next lace shawl, or the infinity cowl that starts in the centre and spirals out in both directions, if I can get my head around that. Or another magnificent jacket for me, or a shawl for an as-yet-unconceived grandchild, or, or...

So much yarn, so little time. I'll get back to you in a decade.

(Quite a lot of these are up on Ravelry, where my name is Nestholder, if you want a look.)

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Went to the dentist this afternoon about that broken tooth. He was done in a couple of minutes, it cost all of £10, and when I got home and gaped, Beast couldn't be sure which tooth had broken.

Amazing.

It isn't necessarily a permanent solution, but I call that a pretty good fix for now.