Fuzzy Stripey #2 and frivolous Halloween poncho

Armed with feedback from An on the fit & usefulness of the Leggero Stripe Fuzzy Stripey cardigan #1, I have embarked on version #2 for Siobhan whose baby is due December 7th. I've adjusted the number of stitches for a slight gauge change (5.6 sts/inch instead of 5) and to make the body 1.5 inches wider (11.5 instead of 10).

Much progress was made this weekend while I was birding in Oregon. We had several hours of planes & airports plus lots of travel time on the road to our various birding locations at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. Then Monday I attended an information architecture seminar in SF - which meant about 5 more hours of knitting. The results:

   

Another perk of my seminar in the city was a trip to Artfibers, just 4 blocks from the seminar location. I bought 3 different yarns - a silk called Chai in blue green, a microfiber called Catnap in lavendar, and a novelty yarn called Rik Rak in orange, tan & olive. Rik Rak is turning into a teeny tiny poncho, which may be the only Halloween-y thing I scrape together before the weekend:

It's actually off the needles now - looks like a long wide scarf. I'm nervous it won't turn out long enough, but we'll see this evening when it's seamed up. I love the bold orange in this yarn. Never thought of myself as an orange kind of gal, but everything in my knitting bag is orange right now - Fuzzy Stripey, Teeny Tiny Poncho, and A Step Above socks. Hmm.... Midlife crisis?