My Knitting Bag Runneth Over

My knitting bag runneth over. My yarn stash is taking over the house. I'm collecting more needles than a hospital. I need to finish something soon. A sample of the current projects in my knitting bag:

A camouflage hoodie sweater for my son for the start of the next school year. I'm still working on the back panel. This is the first real garment I've worked on and there's lots of new things I'm learning while working through it. Like how MUCH knitting and yarn a full garment requires (how do people afford exotic yarn garments?)

My son is enjoying watching his sweater take shape and offering lots of encouragement like: "Isn't it done YET?"

I'm also working on a whole stack of cotton dishcloths. I have two huge (!) balls of cotton kitchen yarn to use up. One ball of yarn is a tan/green/ivory mix (below) and the other is a light beige/ivory/yellow mix. I've already made up six dishcloths - four went to a friend bride-to-be, two went to some single mom friends. More are on their way for more friends.

I love knitting these things on bamboo needles - it feels very organic and environmentally enlightened and green-righteous. Maybe I should consider it Karmic payback for all the acrylic kids' hats I've been cranking out.

Today I've got new projects to add to the project list, mainly because I got sucked into a craft store and spent far too long in the knitting section. Again.

• my very first pair of socks (bought some cute! self-striping wool today). I'm completely annoyed by double pointed needles (DPNs) because they slip out of my work constantly. I've purchased some DPN bamboo needles to see if that will help. Otherwise socks may defeat me.
• a pair of legwarmers for my daughter (more self-striping yarn, cotton this time)
• a three jewel tone colour scarf knit in a gorgeous silk/bamboo yarn that I can't stop touching

Next week - the first meeting of the single moms knitting group. We're tossing around lots of name ideas but haven't decided on any yet. We bought the kids some knitting project supplies today and I think the kids are looking forward to it more than the grownups.

Well, not really.