decisions decisions

I had decided to make something small for March as my "new project", but I have an itch that needs to be scratched. My hands need to be put to work with that rhythmic in, around, out, over, off that I find so soothing. 

These Saartje's Bootees (ravelry link here) were my intended March Project. And I will still make them this month, but I also need something bigger on the go. I may as well knit two new patterns this month because who knows if I will have time to actually complete one per month for the entire year. Exciting things are happening in these parts and I need to be prepared. And, summer doesn't lend itself to a ton of knitting.

Back to the bootees. I have the yarn. I have the pattern. And I only need to learn one stitch for them. I just need to go and learn that silly stitch. I have attempted to make them twice on my own and with tutorials online, but I need to bring in the big guns -- the ladies at the yarn store. The ones I am hoping to make will be blue and grey.

But that's not enough. They aren't the type of project you can just get wrapped up in. I hope to have them completed in an evening. In two evenings at most. I need something to sit and linger on. Enter options here.

Option 1: The Owlet (ravelry link here).

I think this sweater is adorable!!! Erik says it's the type of sweater that people will look back on and say "that was so 2012". Owls are the "it" thing right now. And they are. But I have loved them since far before they were that. You can also add little buttons to this little number to really bring out the owls. How cute is that?? And really, who cares if it's defining of 2012?? It's 2012. Who doesn't love things distinctly 70's??

I think I would want mine to look exactly like this one. I would even use the same yarn. I love love love it!

Option 2: Plain Vest (ravelry link here).

The only thing holding me back with this one is that I have already knit a vest before. But I would be able to make this for an older young child rather than a small infant like the ones I have made. And it's much more feminine than those were too. I think it's sweet.

Option 3: Baby Kina (ravelry link here).

Simple and sweet. And not a vest... it has sleeves. And I already have yarn I could use for it. And I could make it for either a baby or a small child depending on the pattern I purchased. I promise it looks much cuter on a human being than it does on a hanger.

Option 4: Gramps Cardigan (ravelry link here).

I know I just made the Baby Sophisticate, but I can't resist this grandpa sweater. There is something adorable about little babies in old man clothes. I found this particular cardigan here on the same site I came across the Owlet sweater above. This sweater will be made at some point this year. Probably not this month, but eventually. I need to wait until I'm feeling particularly wealthy because I am going to have to splurge on some delicious yarn for this.

Option 5: Sunnyside (ravelry link here).

I personally prefer the green more "manly" option. I like the cable stitch on it... something else I don't yet know how to do. And the best part is that the pattern is free on ravelry. Seriously, if you knit or crochet at all then you should definitely join ravelry... it's free and there are so many ideas. I can see this sweater being done in a deep but bright blue or maybe in a yellowy-green. Who knows!

Option 6: Maile Sweater (ravelry link here).

I know it is very similar to the one above, but I like it better than the purple one. I think it's the pattern along the bottom that makes the difference. And I love this colour. Love it! And look at it in the blue. And how cute is that baby??

And these are only a few of the many many many patterns I gawk at daily. I really do want to make something adult sized one day, but yarn isn't cheap and it's much easier to buy one or two skeins than it is to fork over the money for seven or twelve!!

Feel free to weigh in. Which is your favourite??