I'm finding it a little hard on my hands to knit a lot of this top at once, so I'm going to shoot for doing one cable interval a day. In the mean time, I'm getting back to some wooly adventures.

I've started swatching the Schoeller Esslinger Merino Light and so far I am very pleased. It appears to knit up to 18/24 on US size 8 (bamboo) for me. What I really like is that it creates a thick, soft fabric that will be perfect for the pattern it's going into -- Bonnie Marie Burns of ChicKnits Lo Tech Sweat. It's going to be a Christmas present for my health conscious Dad -- something that he can go out running in in the winter and throw in the washer.

My only beef with this yarn so far is that my first ball is a little barf globby (thanks to Wendy for that useful and descriptive term). Otherwise, so far, so good.