Knitting noodling

Progress has been slow but steady on Mr. G's sweater.  It's a sea of stockinette for the most part, which makes for good TV knitting, but at the same time it's dead boring to knit.  I'm at about inch 8 from the hem and I need to go another 10 inches before I get to do anything interesting... yawn.  Well, at this rate, at least he is likely to have it for next winter, though certainly not before!

And since I'm bored with this project, I'm looking forward to see what my next project is going to be.  I'd love love love to make Marjorie for myself, but it seems to take DK weight yarn and I'm having a lot of trouble finding a cotton/synthetic blend in a DK weight at an affordable price (as in, less than $100 for about 1600 yards.)  I want cotton because I want to make a summer sweater and it needs to have some synthetic in it for drape.  I've made 100% cotton sweaters before (mercerized and not) and I don't care for the drape of cotton without a little bit of synthetic in there.  So, anyone who has any wisdom on this topic, I'm all ears.  :)

In the meantime, I think I'll try Sheldon since it seems that Mr. G and the kids each want one, and it looks like a quick and easy little knit.  I've bought a bunch of big box store acrylic so it's just a matter of printing the pattern and getting started.