11.29.06

Category: dribblings

i forgot to mention that i finished the scarf i was knitting for my MIL. she always wears a scarf…even in summertime. and it’s usually the same scarf (a red one) so i wanted to make her one that was not red. i used a novelty yarn, a Caron Jewel Box color called smoky quartz (i’m not sure why it’s called that, when i think of smoky quartz this is not the color combo i would think of. like i think of smoky quartz all the time, right? oh, you too?). it’s basically a strand of green and a strand of purple with a gold/yellow string in the middle. go here and scroll down and you can click on the swatch for to see the color. i used 2 skeins of the stuff and i cast on 21 stitches. i like using a multiple of three cos i find it easier to count by threes. it ended up being 5ft long!

she seemed to like the scarf, but the real test will be if she wears it or not. at any rate i’m just glad that i actually finished something. now i’ve started on two other gifts. they’re all just straight knitting so i hope they’ll go kinda fast cos i really want to learn how to do the cable stuff. it looks so damn fancy. i want it.

i haven’t started on the baby blanket for wittle bennie catoe (i’m TOTALLY going to call him Old Ben Catoeby, hee, “Obi Wan Catoeby, you’re my only hope.”), but only cos i’m wating for tonight at knitting class. i’ve never used the round knittng needles before. i’m afraid to cast on. chicken!

see you at knitting class.

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