Now that I’m home and have my stuff back, I feel a lot better. Well, except for the cold that is making itself known. Funny, I almost never get colds so this promises to be a truly irritating interlude :)
I finished the One Row Scarf last night. It’s about 8 inches wide and about 5 feet long. It goes with the Short, Fat Stocking Hat.
It was a pleasant discovery to find that my old fingerless gloves go with this set nicely and I’m looking forward to wearing them. The temperature is in the 60s today, so it’ll be a while yet :)
I also started what I think is going to be a stole out of the myriad pinks I seem to have accumulated in the stash over the last couple of years.
The yarn you can see in the photo is the very last of the Plums and I’ll also be using some (if not all) of the Second Hand Rose and the little bit of Tea Rose that was leftover from making the Dana Victoria mitts. There’s a whole bunch of other stuff in there too, Classic Elite Wings (pale pink) and Waterspun (hot pink), and Cashmerino (pale orchid) as well as Knitpicks Wool of the Andes (cerise). There are even a couple of dark colors. Oxblood and eggplant that, coincidentally enough, are both alpacas :)
I don’t quite know where it’s going yet, but I’m sure it will explain itself to me as it goes along - it always does! I started with seed stitch, as with the watercolor scarves, but what happens from here is anybody’s guess :)
The Autumn Seeds sweater is also moving along slowly but I won’t bother you with another in-progress photo until I get down past the sleeve holes. Suffice it to say that I am still in love with the color and still haven’t managed to foul up the stitch counts. Keep your fingers crossed!
Have a great weekend all :)
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Can’t wait to see how your stole turns out.
that is a lovely collection of pinks you have there! Are you making up the stole pattern as you go, or are you using a guide? 
Opal - Neither can I!
Nat - I had thought when I started that I would just go by the seat of my pants (so to speak!) and see where the colors took me. However, because I have yet to wind a fair amount of this yarn, I have had time to think about things a little. I’m not sure a little more planning wouldn’t be a good idea so while I nurse the plague (sneeze, hack, etc…) and wind the yarn, I’ll be giving some thought to design. I may still decide to wing it - I like the spontenaity of that - but there are other possibilities as well :)
I just got caught up on your posts. I can’t believe your luggage was missing.That had to be very frustrating.Love your hat and scarf set. I look forward to seeing what pops up with that pile of yarn. :)
Oh those pinks are gorgeous 
As I just posted on my blog, I am in need of some reds right now.
Maureen - It was beyond unnerving but my biggest fear was losing my needles. I am so glad they finally made it back to me!
Rob - Funny you should mention red! I have yet to wind much of the pink yarn and I’m just not motivated to do it today. So, I dug out the rest of the red Cascade that was left over from Dragonwings and am making a hat!
Let’s hear it for warm, cheerful colors!
I’m so definitely NOT a pink girl ... but I luuurrrvve that pile of pinks… so they MUST be yummy :] 
Catsmum - You know, until recently I wouldn’t have claimed pink either - purple, certainly! - but not pink.
But I’ve noticed pronounced changes in my color taste and preferences over the last year - which is, actually, kind of fun! I wind up making things in these cool new colors and they don’t go with anything I have…yet!
Robbyn, glad to see you back. So sorry about your luggage. What a nightmare! At least the ship was comfortable and the staff were helpful. Hope your Dad enjoyed himself. We had a lovely time with Seven Seas this summer in the Baltic and thought the service was top class.
Anne - Yes, the service was superb - couldn’t have been better :) I find that I really liked the smaller ship as well!
I love these kinds of projects! I have one going on myself. it started with some Noro yarn. I leave it out on the table with a basket of leftovers, and knitter friends pick it up when they are sitting and chatting! It’ll be a friendship shawl, I guess…Also, beautiful photo…where is it?
Marianne - Yes, they kind of evolve as they grow and it’s fascinating to see what they become :)
The picture was taken in Cornerbrook, Labrador - Canada - a really beautiful little place!
