I’ve discovered that working a little on multiple projects every day seems to get me somewhere :) Right now I’ve narrowed the project rotation to the bathmats, the crochet lace, the multi-directional scarf and the Harry Potter scarf. I’ll do a square for the bathmats, a couple or three rounds on the lace, a triangle on the M-D scarf and a color repeat on the HP scarf. And you know what? It seems to be working. We’re not going like gangbusters here, but these four projects are slowly getting done. I’m actually getting a little glow because I know that within a week, at least three of them will be completed - unless I have a very lazy couple of days.
Getting there…
The Waterspun scarf is about 5” wide and currently about 53” long. Another couple of pattern repeats will bring me to 60” which is long enough for me, I think. I may even have enough yarn leftover to consider an edging of some sort - probably just something simple and crocheted. Hmmm….
Harry Potter, redux
The ravens claw and the huffles puff,
While the rest slyther in through
The Gryffin door…
Eeeps! Clearly I haven’t have enough coffee yet :) This is a bit more than half done and I enjoy thinking about my nephews wearing them while I’m knitting. Frankly, it’s so simple I only ever have to look at the work to make sure I don’t knit through a stitch marker :)
I’m thinking about having another “organize the stash” day as soon as we have a cool enough day to make it feasible. I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t know what I have or how much and I really need to find out. I’m thinking about this because I have the sneaking suspicion that there may be a couple more good add-in yarns (for the possible deep pink shawl) lurking in there that I’ve completely forgotten about - or even just haven’t considered. I’m beginning to reconsider that shawl too - not that I don’t want to make it. I still certainly do want to make it. But I don’t think I want it in garter stitch - at least not entirely. I need to mull it over some more. I want it to be simple enough to show off the color changes of the carry-along yarns, but I don’t want it to be plain. Does that make sense? Any thoughts or suggestions?
Black Jade and the Iced Tea of Doom!
Myria often has trouble getting to sleep at night so she’s recently started a no-caffeine policy after a certain time of day. Towards that end, she’s making tea to drink in the evening - this pitcher is a combination of de-caffeinated green tea and chamomile/mint. I suspect it’s the mint that’s got Jade’s attention here.
Summery goodness
There’s really no reason at all for the picture of the nectarines - except that I thought they were beautiful :)
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HI Robbyn!
Great job on the scarves. I’ve been toying with the idea of a multidirectional scarf - have a pattern for one in my stash from Artyarns, but haven’t gotten the nerve to try it yet. After seeing yours, I just might :-)
Love the HP scarf! I did 2 using Red Heart’s freebie for them, and it had a dreaded seam on them. Are you doing yours on DP’s? The next one I do, I’ll certainly be using them!!
Thanks for sharing! Love reading your blog!
Hugs
Theresa
i do a lot of ‘mental’ stash organizing but haven’t had the nerve for actually getting around to the real thing- might find jimmy hoffa in among the forgotten yarns!!
how about an occasional and randomly placed row of k1 (or 2 or 3 etc),yo followed by a row of dropping the yarnovers for the shawl? breaks up the perpetual garter stitch and is still really good for mindless knitting-
did the tea keep jade awake? hopefully not, as cats wandering around at night is a sure recipe for ‘cat’astrophe! (sorry about that!!!)
stay happy-
Theresa - The scarves are real easy and if you make them wide, you can use a circular rather than double-points. Just cast on an even number of stitches (say 80) and knit around, slipping the first and mid-point (would be 1 and 40) stitch every-other round. Makes a nice chain ridge on the sides of the scarf and helps the front and back to lie flat together. These are smaller because they’re being made for two fairly little boys :)
Barb - Yeah, I’m not sure stash exploration day won’t require a pith helmet, a machete and an anti-venin kit :)
Jade didn’t actually drink any of the tea, but it wouldn’t surprise me if she did. She seems to want to try everything! We caught her chewing the papery covering off the amaryllis bulb that we’re trying to dry out :)
I’m making the same HP scarf right now!
Here’s the pattern I’m using. I like the Patons Classic Wool a lot. It feels sturdy and warm, but knits up with an attractive sheen to it.
Knitting this simple little scarf is fun because it’s so mindless and fast. Every time you look down it’s a foot longer!
I found your site via your three-needle bind off tutorial; very nice!
Hi Mush! Yeah, the scarf’s a fun project - simple and quick :) I have not seen Paton’s wool around here and since the boys I’m making them for are little, I figured my sister-in-law would prefer acrylic :)
Glad you found the tutorial useful!
Have been reading your blog for a while, but never really had a moment to comment till now.
I love your pics of the kitties. My housemate had a cat which I loved to bits, but I moved home a couple months ago, so I’m going through kitty withdrawal. :-)
Your HP scarf looks great so far; I’m sure your nephews will love them. They are so simple to make, though after making a few of them, trust me, they get a little tedious (Never. Again.)
Looking forward to your future posts!
