Sometimes it pays to have a web site that generates a little traffic, and hopefully it will help two friends to accomplish their goals.

Two Promotions in One Blog
First shameless promotion is for knitter Kyle out in California, who was a huge proponent and participant of the West Coast Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat. He’s trying to pull together a book of men who knit in each state of the U.S.. Check out his web site here and volunteer your artistry and story. Click on the “Get Involved” tab to see if your state is in need of representation.

I also wanted to promote a friend who is completely non-knitting related. Pete Cerqua is a personal trainer who I’ve worked with extensively in the past, and he’s put out a new fitness solution that you might want to check out.

It’s called The 90-Second Fitness Solution: The Most Time-Efficient Workout Ever for a Healthier, Stronger, Younger You, and I’ve already ordered my copy.

Current Knitting
Last week wasn’t a very productive week for knitting. I stalled a little on the stranded knitting pullover and decided my ADD needed a new project, and started working on another pair of Noro socks.

Here’s my progress on both.

Readers’ Comments/Questions
Cabezalana Mel asks, “So is that vertical panel in the center of the pullover a side panel or a faux button placket?”

Actually, the vertical panels will be on both sides of the sweater, underneath the sleeves, although the idea of a faux button band leading up to the the real buttoned neck opening is intriguing.

Ron writes, “I hate doing corrugated ribbing. How deep is yours and did you go down many needle sizes?”

I’m not a very big fan of corrugated ribbing either. I find stranding behind ribbing takes away the elasticity and even curls…which in my mind defeats the whole purpose of ribbing. Mine isn’t corrugated ribbing…it’s just all black 1×1 ribbing. I did about 2.5 inches of it and only went down one needle size. I may decide to re-do it after and go down another needle size…we’ll see how ambitious I get.

Fiberqat asks, “BTW, is it intended that in the second motif row of the panel that the third block from the right be different from the others? Since we can’t see the back or the chart I’m assuming it is because I can’t imagine you making such a big mistake.”

This is the part of the Motif I stole from Marianne Isager’s Knitting Out of Africa, and I’m just following her graph exactly. You’ll note from the cover of her book, that it does change on that row of motifs.