Sock Yarn Sweaters

I'm guessing everyone is expecting to be seeing the purple party dresses by now, but I've hit a 'road-bump'.  The weekend getaway, as nice as it was, put a real crimp in my momentum on the taffeta Christmas dresses.  It also didn't help that I brought along some knitting in case I had some free time - which I had plenty of while we were babysitting Elliot and he was napping.  

Last week I picked up several new balls of sock yarn at Michaels. They were on sale, and I need to make at least three more little sweater sets - for Ringo and the two new little BIDs - so I chose four colours. Knitting these tiny sweaters is very pleasant work, so it becomes very addictive. The first sweater I'm knitting is from a variegated yellow, green, blue and purple yarn called "Sapphire" by premier yarns.   I suspect it will be for Ringo.....

Because I was having difficulty getting back into sewing the dresses, I thought I better just cut out the Nellie dresses and work at them at the same time, or else I may not want to start them at all. It was a huge challenge trying to fit all the pattern pieces out of the leftover fabric, but I managed after making a few design changes. At least, I've managed to cut out the purple and pink ones. The blue fabric is still waiting on the cutting table.   So now I'm sewing the purple Nelly dress simultaneously with the other two purple dresses. Saves having to constantly change the thread on my sewing machine. If I manage to resist the knitting, maybe there will be pictures tomorrow. After all, every minute not spent knitting, is an extra minute to spend sewing.