Girl Who Knits

I did it!  I finished the first panel of Butterfly:

Isn't it beautiful?  I can't wait to see it all blocked out.  As promised, I cast on for the frill of the other side and completed about 3 repeats.  Not a huge dent but at least it's a start. 

I also purchased this book from my LYS yesterday:

I needed a baby pattern book for my soon to be born nephew and found plenty of great patterns here.  My only problem is the patterns I am most drawn to are the girl ones.  How much do I want to make this for my 3 year old niece?

A lot.  I want to make it a lot.  She would be so cute.  But really I need to focus on the baby.  Problem is, the boy pattern I want to do is for a toddler and NOT a baby:

See...how cute is that??!?  I am hopeless.  I will just have to get it figured out.  Baby comes in November so I need to get thinking.  Also, my new obsession...the Clapotis.  I know.  EVERYONE and their dog has knit this and it is very unoriginal of me but I can't stop thinking about it.  What I can't decide is what yarn to use.  I have researched and I think I have looked at almost every Clapotis (pronounced Clap-o-tee--REALLY glad I learned that as it sounds dirty otherwise) in knitting blog land.  My sister put a bug in my ear and I think I might try to do it in the Koigu PPPM that I am currently using to make opera gloves.  I decided that I love the idea of Opera Gloves but I love this yarn and color palette so much that I don't think I should use it on something that is so not practical and could very well look comical and not be used as much.  So why not try it for the Clapotis.  I only have 3 skeins so I may need more but first I am going to swatch this weekend and see what I think.  I am not sure it will drape as I want it too so I need to do more thinking.  Either way, the opera gloves are frogged and off the list. 

Remember how I wasn't going to obsess over new projects until my current ones are finished? I need help.  But I haven't forgotten about Paula and Butterfly.  In fact, tonight is dedicated solely to Butterfly.  I want to finish this weekend but I think that may be too lofty of a goal...especially with so many new projects turning my head.  Tonight, my sister and I are staying up late, watching season 4 of Gilmore Girls, and knitting until we can't knit any more.  Sounds fun doesn't it?  I think there may be Baskin Robbins Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice cream involved too which sounds even more fun.  Yum.