January: What's on the needles?

[Jejune]

I thought we should have one of these threads monthly. What are you working on this month?

[SabrinaJL]

Unfortunately, nothing. I've decided no knitting or reading until I get the house better organized.

[Kate]

Socks.
A DS Cosy
And as soon as the yarn I've ordered arrives, a fisherman's shirt made from Rowan denim yarn for Maia.

[Christine]

I just cast on for Percy (http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall07/PATTpercy.html) with some yarn that Dave rejected for his gloves. When his yarn gets here, I'll cast those on as well. I also have a steering wheel cover I started out of a bright lime green cheap yarn. It's almost done.

[Val]

I'm sewing the bottom seam in a bag that needs to be felted. After that I need to get the house in order before I start anything else. If I manage to get the house under control in time, I have some fancy fur (uuggghhhh) for a scarf and hat for mil's birthday, and I have a whole list of ideas I would love to get started for our niece's birthday in February.

[Lori]

I have one sleeve left to sew into the baby sweater.

I started a pair of the Comfy Socks (http://www.knittingdaily.com/freepatterns/legwear/26-1.html) from Knitscene, because my feet are freezing!

I'm working on a Moderne Baby Blanket that was going to be for the friend I'm giving the baby sweater to, but it's so big that I've decided it will be for Thomas.

[Beka]

needles have gone away and the machine is back out (sewing machine, not knitting machine- my mother would disown me if i used one of those over needles! LOL) as it's heading into the nicer weather soon so it's summer dress & short making time! (I have some awesome 50s style patterns to try for me too :D )

[Jejune]

Beka, I got a sewing machine for Christmas, and I tried it out yesterday - amazing what you can do with a good machine! The one I'd been using was my grandmother's, and it was just not a good machine, even though I had it repaired many a time. I'm keeping it for sentimental reasons, but I won't be using it now. I am not the best seamstress, but I'm pretty excited about learning how to make sewn garments.

I was knitting a baby alpaca sweater, but I made the mistake of washing the pieces and they grew like mad, so I need to rip them out and start over. Grrr. I also have two socks on the needles, each the second of a pair. One is super easy - Elizabeth Zimmermann's Woodsman socks. The other is really difficult. It's the Sweetheart socks from the holiday Interweave. I'm also about to cast on for Gabriel's jacket now that I have a good swatch (in the round no less - I was good this time). Oh, and I am designing a lace scarf for my mother.

[Beka]

Mine was a birthday gift from David last year- my mother has a serger which is awesome, mine is just a little regular machine but does the job nicely!