Sometimes you just can’t help it. Between what will be my only holiday knitting this year a hat for my mother in leftover Valley Yarns Northampton, and my Aeolian shawl, my Stone Walls vest, Gold Digger socks, and my barely-past-the-ribbing on the right front Wallis cardigan from Sweater Girls, I’m swimming in half-done projects. The Aeolian is my second, the first one was years ago back in college when I still twisted all my stitches. Every single one. I learned how to knit mainly through books and I didn’t know any real-life knitters so I had no idea what my stitches were really supposed to look like. I didn’t figure it out until I knit a sweater out of a single-ply yarn that was designed with a cable straight down the front that insisted on twisting towards my hip. Now that I have my knitting act together, and have (for the most part) for several years, I figure it’s time for a new Aeolian that falls as it should. I’m using Queensland Collection Llama Lace in a pretty reddish-purple plum color that should suit it well. Aeolian as it’s written has beads at certain points for a bit of shine and weight, and I’m waffling between a solid gold or something a bit more subtle that will match the yarn.