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BSJ stands for Baby Surprise Jacket, and while it seems a simple knit, this would be precisely the kind of wrong thinking that has you sitting there, looking at your hands, wondering why the hell you’re not actively knitting on it.

I have had to tink it back once already.  Now I’m at the point where I stop knitting the whole garment back & forth & only concentrate on the middle 90 stitches.  So close to the end, for those who have already knit this intriguing little piece of Origami.  It is at this point that I realize that after the second stitch marker, I’m short by about 4 stitches.  The regular increase-by-one will get me a little closer to my goal, but there’s still 3 extra stitches that I have to make up for.

Add to that the frustration of realizing that these sure aren’t the kind of colours I would choose on my own for a baby jacket.  They may be “insipid” colours, but I do like purple, and blue, and pink, and green for baby swag.  Really.  Particularly nice, bright colours.

The BSJ has been re-cast in a Lorna’s Laces colourway called “Childsplay” that has all these pretty colours in it.  Since I only had the one skein, I’m swapping in some “stripes” in black.  The mother of the pending baby likes black, so I think it will go over well as the primary neutral.

In other news….I finished my Koigu Yule Socks of Stripey Goodness!

I think they may be a little big for me, but that’s ok…it gives them a little room to shrink in the wash, if that’s what they’re going to do.  Otherwise, I think they’re absolutely beautiful.  You really do have to see them up close to really admire them…pictures just make them look like these weird pink & green striped socks that just look annoyingly loud.  They’re much more awesome than that.  Definitely.

Have been working on sock #2 of the yule presents that will be going out of the house this year.  I think I’m about halfway down the calf. Here’s hoping.  It’s a bit fiddly to have to knit, so I hope it goes faster.  If it starts getting tedious, I may just switch over to another sock on the go, or to the Noro striped scarf that can’t decide whether it belongs to Chelsea or Zoe.  I’m pretty sure that Chelsea would prefer to knit her own scarf, but every so often this one whispers her name while I knit.  The colours are such that it could go either way.  Both of these fine ladies would look wonderful in it.  I guess I’ll just have to wait til it’s done (or until Chels tells me that she’s already got her yarn & is merrily knitting away).