Dianne is slow going

I might be slipping into a knitting funk. Nothing I've been working so far is distracting me enough to spend hours and hours on. In fact, I've been doing the laundry, mopping the floors, cleaning the house, pulling out weeds, and other various chores that I normally would happily neglect - and have been - in favor of knitting. Clearly something is amiss. Something like my Knitting Groove.

Three start 'n stop projects to talk about:
Dianne

Hey now, a real blocking board!
Can you see the boo-boo in the lace pattern? No? Great.

The front of Dianne has been done for some time now. Nothing but stockinette from here on out and it's so boring, I find it difficult to get myself motivated to finish. Only a few inches completed so far, and it's killing my hands for some reason.

Chevron Rib Tank
To change things up I started the Chevron Rib Tank, free from interweaveknits.com.

Just a few rows into it and I discovered I didn't like this pattern. The chevron is extremely steep, it practically goes down to the crotch, and plus, it's only on the front, while the back is straight across. Goofy McGoofers. I'm going to rework this pattern to reduce the length of the chevron, or come up with something new entirely. But for now let's just put it aside.

Cotton Tank from Phildar
Once the tank project was nixed, I decided I'd start on something else rather than return to Dianne: a cotton tank from Phildar Tendance Famille, using Cotton Ease in yellow. I like this pattern. It's simple but interesting, which is half of how I would describe Cotton Ease. Simple yarn, uninteresting colors. The price you get for the yardage of Cotton Ease is fantastic, but the color choices are pretty much primary school. Is yellow my color? All feelings revolt, but I'm feeling frisky...We'll see how this goes.

The M1's that make the diamond pattern
in the center are also making small decorative holes.

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