I have finally finished my 10th charity scarf for the year. The picture is below.
In other news, I think I have accidentally designed my next pattern. I will make it a couple of more times in different weight yarns and different fibers. Also in different color schemes. I know it sounds really weird to accidentally design a pattern. I find it no less weird than waking up and scribbling down a new design.
TTFN. It has been a very long day. I am extremely tired.
The second color stripe was finished tonight. The play on textures and colors are just fascinating to me. As you can see from the picture the next shuttle is loaded and ready to go. This will be one of the bigger stripes.
I am really having fun with this one. I just love how the yarn is creating optical illusions on its own. It is very visible in the green section.
This is project number 96 for 2021. This scarf knit on U.S. size 17 (12 mm) knitting needles. Using one strand of super wash wool and 1 skein of novelty yarn. It took 2 days to knit.
Today I worked on 2 UFO’s. One was a charity scarf for and older child. Once the scarf is 60 inches long it will be done. That way it can be folded in half and worn in a stylish fashion. This should be done by the end of the weekend.
The other is a poncho knit in linen with lots of lace. I started it when Eric was in hospice. I have learned that there are 2 things in knitting that don’t go together, lace work and hospice. I finished the first side, it was something besides a rectangle that the pattern had called for. I had to Tink* the first half. Today I finally found my rhythm, it only took 2 years and a quite room. I almost finished 1 pattern repeat. A week or so of quite knitting time and it will be finished. *Tink is knitting backwards, in other words ripping out the 1st half.
I also have to say that the photos look great under the Ott light. They came out nice and crisp. Also my attempt to shrink the sweater was a total failure. It shrank about 8 inches in length and not enough in the width. I put it in charity. I am done with it.
I have had my most productive day in a while. I even started 2 loads of laundry and put things away during the 8 minutes that my breakfast was cooking. Not one spot got cleaned, instead a whole lot of things got got trashed or moved to where they were supposed to be.
I was going to take a walk when I got frustrated by my new design. I am not sure how, but it is easier to walk, talk and knit this pattern than it is sitting down at a table with pen snd paper, writing the pattern as I go. There was just one little glitch. There was a coyote wandering around. I make it a point not to venture far when wild animals are roaming the streets. So I did the sensible thing and watered the new cactus we planted last weekend.
When I came back inside, I was a little more relaxed. I figured out it was not the written pattern that was the problem rather I did not count right when casting on yesterday. So I tinked it. Cast on again and everything is ok.
I picked up some wonderful salmon for dinner. It came out perfect. Nice and buttery. No, I did not use butter when I baked the salmon. I use the juice of one lemon, salt, white pepper and dill. I let it marinate a few hours. Add a bit of water before cooking. Bake at 350f for about 35 minutes. I buy enough to cook once and eat for 2 nights.
Charity knitting happened after dinner. The scarf that I am working on will take at least 7 skeins of yarn. It is called the Stash Dive Scarf by Summer Lee Designs.and is available on Raverly. This is number 4 with this pattern.
