Thanks Diane, aka GrapefruitGeek on Ravelry - I like the simple design of this participant button!

Yes, I have joined the ranks of slightly insane people who are pledging to knit a full sweater in the month of November. A take-off from NaNoWriMo, this has been going for a few years courtesy of Shannon Okey, designer and great mind behind the knitgrrl blog.

There’s a knit-along over on Ravelry here, and I’m planning to blog tidbits fairly frequently right here.

Want to see what I have planned? No swatches to show just yet, but you can see my brainstorming page here.

I still don’t have the full design finalized yet, but the bottom hem and the main body pattern are ready to go… almost… just going to do a swatch tonight of the main body pattern to check that it IS as cool as I think it is (it got a total revamp this morning, after I got pouty about how what I was working on didn’t look right, and I didn’t have ANY plan, and then I reread my Rav notes with C looking over my shoulder.. and he pointed out that it looked like I had a pretty reasonable amount of plan built, and I didn’t really need to be so upset)… and then I’ll sketch out my schematic and get to it!

No hat designing for this month, I’m giving myself a break… okay, aside from the two that are 80% ready for testing, and the three in testing right now that will be ready by this Wednesday.. but that’s all!

I’ll leave you with a picture of one of the upcoming designs This is Pemberton: