Knitting Friday October 21, 2005 ~ 2:50 pm
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My sister-in-law’s Christmas present, The Sophisticated Scarf from Stitch N Bitch Nation
After almost two weeks of no knitting because of the cold from hell and a visit from mom, I am back on the ball. I’m trying to regain ground so that I can actually get everything in the sidebar done by Christmas, and I’m starting to believe I might. I finished Lori’s Bitchy Beanie this week, and am 1/3 of the way through my brother’s Christmas scarf. I actually knit all through rehearsal last night - they were setting blocking so there was no need to look at my script, and I can knit this scarf and watch other stuff at the same time, so I wasn’t missing anything. I like the way it’s turning out - it’s a simple k2, p2 rib, striping two shades of blue together. A manly scarf, and more important, a scarf that my red-green colorblind brother will be able to really see. He told me blue is his favorite color, so hopefully he’ll like it.
Blue is also my favorite color. Here’s a scarf I made for me:
That’s Jesse’s tail in the picture with it. He would wander through just as I was taking the picture. Got the pattern from Knitty.com, and it’s a 44-line repeat pattern. Believe it or not, the wave pattern comes from moving the knits and purls a little in each line. I’m digging it, and since I made it out of merino, it should be plenty warm this winter.
This weekend, a trip to the cheap LYS with a yarn enabler friend of mine. We ran into each other at the theater last night and only talked for a few minutes before realizing that we were both going to P&S Fabrics on Sunday, both had to be at the theater around 1 (me for rehearsal, she to stage manage a show), and it was a really short jump to “You wanna meet there and then go to lunch?”. It’s good to have friends who knit.
Tonight, alone time with Rick for the first time since we got back from Lake George. I cannot wait. Hopefully a nice dinner out and a movie this evening, and then tomorrow my first chance to sleep in all week. Life will be good.
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