I was promised rain. Rain was in the lineup. Rain was in the forecast. I saw rain clouds on the satellite pictures. We need some rain. I want some rain.
As of this morning, the promised rain has disappeared from the weather pages.
I am very put out.
But even with my sharp disappointment in the weather, I was not wholly bereft of contentments in the wooly department.
I finished the big brown bag. It is made from bulky yarns and it took two days to dry, but at last it is complete.
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We loves it we do.
I’m working on a scarf for a friend which I will not show you due to keeping the surprise a, surprise. But I will show you what I WANT to make next.
My daughter in law M. knitted me a scarf some time ago that I wear over a cotton cap I have that is dark olive green. The scarf is a marvel. Every time I wear it, people compliment it. I wanted to make one just like it in a different color to wear with a blue cap I have.
She sent me the link to the pattern.
I fear the pattern.
With a gut level, cold sweat fear.
But I love the scarf. I’m in awe that she made it. This increases my fear. Even though the pattern freaks me out, I can see right before my eyes that it CAN be done. When I read the pattern, I weep. There are two errors in it that she pointed out, and I know how to correct them now, but I am all kinds of freaked out by those words on that page.
I think I may enlist the help of my genius knitting friends to help me make sure my corrections are..... correct. Then I have decided to put blinders on just like a fidgety horse and worry about one row... nay, one stitch at a time and see if I can conquer my pattern fear.
Don’t you just love the fringe on it???
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You cast on extra stitches and then bind them right off to get that great squiggly thingy.
Not to mention the nice pattern in the scarf...
We shall see if I have the knitting ‘fibers’ to complete this project.
I think I will need chocolate fortification on hand for difficult moments.
I shall have to venture forth and procure a special stash of the magic cocoa concoction to have on hand for any knitting crisis that may occur.
Allrightythen. Off to work on the OTHER scarf...