Instead of studying today I sat down and knit this little guy.
I made him for a display that my friend is organizing for Oceans Day.
I realize that its slightly ridiculous that I spent my day knitting an octopus instead of studying for my last final but what can I say, this is what my life has turned into.
I am tempted to knit a huge one of these. Just for fun.

You are not dreaming, I am updating my blog.

Wow, I didn't realize that the last time I updated this was January.

I have been knitting all this time I swear.

Although I may not have much to show for it.

I have been working on the Colette Pullover from Interweave Knits.

Sure it looks good from afar. But I'm worried. I have made it all the way to the Raglan shaping without much mishap. Yet this thing so far looks like a big sack. What if it doesn't fit me? What if I get so excited about finishing it that I mess up? I have to admit that usually, by the time I get to the end of a project, I am so excited/sick of it that my finishing often ends up being sloppy.

The pattern for this is really good but I feel it lacks certain explanations. I mean, I don't know what I'm doing here, I need extra specific detailed guidelines.

But what scares me most is this:

The steek!

I mean cutting your knitting seems wrong to me. So I'm not looking forward to this part. I feel I might mess it up.

Let us pray to the knitting Gods that this sweater comes out un-injured.

You spend so much time and energy knitting something, you want it to be perfect.

Perhaps this is an exercise in accepting faults.