Post Happy: the other stuff

In addition to the baby stuff going on around here, there has been a small amount of other progress. Not with holiday knitting, though. I am woefully behind, having not yet started.

I picked up the needles again for Brian's Behemoth Sweater. The back has been done for a while, so I'm trudging through the front in the hopes of getting it to him before the weather gets too cold. Here's the progress as of this morning- note the back is too big to fit in-frame, so I draped it over the bed:


It was noted at SSK yesterday that last year The Purloined Letter and I both worked on Adamas during the High Holy Days. Obviously, a new lace project is needed. The High Holy Day tradition must go on! I could finish the Mystery Stole 3 project... which is probably 70 percent complete... but I have to knit it at home, and that's frustrating. I could work on the Hanami shawl, but I just don't have it in me to do the basketweave lace pattern right now. I do have two good options!

First, I could knit the Butterfly dress- I have the book and yarn already. When better to knit it than now, in my (almost late) twenties. It's not the type of garment I envision wearing much past 30 odd. I linked to the KnitPicks page, since I purchased their yarn (in the green colorway, Tide Pool), and I envision doing it without beads. Beads are gorgeous, but I've read in numerous places that they make the project far too much of a hassle. Lace alone will do me!

My second option is to knit the Fiddlesticks Lily of the Valley Stole. Again, I have the pattern. I think it would be scrumptious in this yarn, which really is that bright:


I still have a few days to decide. Or I can chicken out and finish MS3. Or perhaps finish one of my numerous UFOs?!