I have been keeping pretty busy wrapping up work, taking on freelance projects, and searching for my next permanent position, on top of going home to visit friends and family in Pennsylvania. There is always knitting, but sometimes it is slower going. I am also fighting the urge to cast on new projects when I have pieces in progress that I do desperately want to wear this fall and winter.
I did finally block my Hela lopapeysa, which I decided in the end not to steek (for now). Though I may knit something similar and snip it into a cardigan.
And though I have not blocked or added buttons to my Larch cardigan, I am happy to have finally finished knitting it – this was my oldest WIP, stretching back to 2010. I think this started as a stockinette grad school lecture project. I’m not sure why I set it down after I finished the body. But I am very glad to have picked it up four years later. Also thanking my lucky stars it still fits. I’m ready for cooler weather so I can wear this every day.
While staying at my mom’s house, I came across these oversized knitting needles, which I believe once belonged to my great-grandma, the only other knitter in my family. While I tend to enjoy life below worsted-weight, I have been really admiring chunky giant-gauge blankets, rugs, etc. lately. I also like a knitting needle that (as friends were quick to point out) you can kill a vampire with.
Maybe I’ll dive in headfirst and rewatch Buffy while I knit up something really fat with these this winter.
With any luck, I’ll be reporting back soon with job news and a few more finished objects.
Figs and Things 
I thought the same thing, seeing those big knitting needles – vampire stakes. The color work is fun. The cardigan peek is great.
Even though I am not a vampire, those knitting needles scare me. Probably because I am wicked clumsy and I guess you can imagine the rest.
Beautiful knitting on your Hela and Larch!