Wednesdays are for what?

abalone beginnings, originally uploaded by gradschoolknitter.

oh yeah, WIPs

The last project I completed for myself was July 27, according to ravelry, which is sort of a sad state of affairs, if I do say so myself. So I decided to take matters into my own knitting hands and last night I cast on for the abalone sweater. The MadridKnits Group is doing this sweater as a KAL for Oct/Nov, and I've wanted to make it for a while (and, as previously mentioned, have had this yarn in my stash for quite some time.

I've made some mods so that it will fit more around the body, with the possibility of adding a button or shawl pin. More on that as it progresses.

In other news, I finished up* the other heel and now have a completed pair of afterthought heels:



*I'm not counting this as a finished project for me by me as I did about 5% of the actual knitting.