and the beat goes on!!

or the froggin' goes on!
well, i have once again frogged the delightful debbie bliss dk cotton yarn mentioned in my previous post. i had knit all but the sleeve bands on a delightful short (and i mean short) sweater when i ran really low on yarn. not a problem i thought, i'll just get another ball of the yarn for the arm bands on both sleeves, if it wasn't the same dyelot atleast it wouldn't be real obvious if it was only the armbands! i have such good intentions but after checking out three different yarn shops in the portland metro area i discovered that this yarn is in short supply and unavailable in that color - duh, that might be why i got it on sale!! so, nothing to do but frog the sucker (it really was such a heavy little thing knit on size 6) and move on to something else (no, i absolutely refuse to knit even 1 washcloth!!!) you know, knitting is such a learning experience - i knit a gauge swatch on size 8's (this in itself is an amazing thing!! me knitting a gauge swatch!) and discovered that i could use my new favorite pattern, the two-tone shrug. voila, i cast on wednesday and had that puppy off the needles last night and wore it today! whew! now i can move on to something else - maybe one of the 6 single socks that are looking for a partner! good grief!