Yet Another Discovery

 Last week I drove to Marana. The reason is very simple.  My newest doctor is in Marana.  I have to say she is fabulous and well worth the drive.  I was out of spoons for the rest of the day and in to the next.  

As usual I am working on multiple projects at once.  I am 25 inches into the next pounder scarf.  Only 49 or so inches to go.  I am in stages of other projects.  I also need to start a new UFO basket before I get terribly lost in projects.  Things like ripping out the boarder of a shawl because I don’t like it. Fixing a shawl in progress for dropped stitches, multiple rows back.  You should certainly get the drift.  Finding time and the right amount of caffeine to tackle the hard for me to complete projects. 

Most importantly completing as many holiday gifts for the children’s clothing bank that I support.  

So much yarn. So few spoons*.

*Spoons are units of my personal energy.  Think kilowatts, or British thermal units. My

energy allowance changes daily which makes it very hard to plan.  When I am low on spoons I can sit down and get ready to knit. I will wake up hours later with the knitting still in my hands and not a single stitch done.  Think of it as zero to sleep in less than 60 seconds.  

Two Scarfs Finally Finished

 I finally finished 2 scarfs tonight.  The larger one weighs in at least a pound of yarn and is at least 6 feet long.  This scarf  is going up to northern Arizona next winter and is meant for a teenager.  The scarf on top weighs in at a mere 4 ounces and will be going to a children’s clothing bank in Tucson.  They are vastly different in size. Meant for entirely different climates.

Next I wound and prepared yarn for the next pounder scarf. I did a lot of stash busting on this one.  There will be some interesting stripes in this scarf. I wound yarn through 2 episodes of Star Gate SG1 before my arm said enough. 

Then it was time to cast on the next pounder scarf.  I am using a U.S. size 11 knitting needle with a 16 circular.  I am knitting 3 strands of yarn together to make a warmer scarf. I am also knitting this scarf right handed because the yarn was to difficult to knit left handed.  So far I like the color scheme, the colors pop just right and hope that 10 skeins of 50 grams worsted weight in dark blue is going to be enough.  I am using Patons Bella in color number 4088 Lot 3. The rest of the yarn is stash busting yarn. I just love projects that make space in my knitting room and help other people. It’s a win win for everyone involved.  The reason I make the pounders so big is that I expect shrinkage when washed and dried.  

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A Rare Double

 Today a rare double was completed.  Yes, in that I mean 2 finished yarn projects were finished within 2 hours of each other.  They are both scarfs for a children’s clothing bank.  The red one is for a younger child. The 2 tone blue one is for a high school student.  Please note, not one knit 2 together stitch was used on either scarf.  The 2 streak had to stop somewhere.   

In case you were wondering, new projects have been cast on both sets of knitting needles so that they would not get lonely.  Now I am off to knit 2 more scarfs.