Colds Might Not Be All Bad

So the bad news is, the cold is still hanging on. The good news isthe February Project of the Month is DONE!!! I'd be gloating about getting it done in the first two weeks of the month if it hadn't actually been languishing in the craft bin for about 5 years. But, it's done, washed, and ironed. Now I just have to figure out where I put the other one. It's probably off somewhere with the pajama top having a terrific laugh about my organizational skills....

I even did a little work on the baby blanketI did say "little," didn't I? Actually, there's a little more done than it appears--the blue I've been working with tonight is almost the exact shade as the ink used for stamping. A little scrounging in the sewing room has revealed that for some inexplicable reason, I have 3 copies of this blanket kit. Three--of the exact same blanket. I vaguely remember buying this on clearance, so maybe it's not just yarn sales that make one take temporary leave of one's senses. If a fourth kit turns up anywhere, I'm permanently turning my visa over to Andy.

In other news, after a few initial disagreements with my sidekick about what we were doing with the towels on the floor,
the pink blanket is washed and blocking
and so far there hasn't been a general furring(I think it's still too wet). So far I have refrained from casting on anything new. If I can finish up the moss scarfbefore the new yarn arrives, then I won't feel too much guilt about casting on as soon as I can get the box open. Not that I wasn't going to cast on for the Kauni cardigan even if I don't get the scarf finished, but I'll feel less guilt this way. This scarf looks better in person than it does in the photo, but I think it will discourage me from buying variegated lace yarns in the future. No matter what I knit with them, they look better as a skein than anything I've ever knitted with them.

Now I just need to figure out a fashionable way to go out wearing a couple hanks of lace yarn tied around my neck.......

Comments

Kathleen C. said…
I was just thinking "I love what the scarf is doing... is it the pattern or the yarn?" when I read further.
You don't like the effect? I guess I could see why you might not... it certainly is unpredictable and assymetrical. But I think it's fabulous!
February 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Ilix said…
Wow... look at you go!
If you decide that you need to put up that blanket kit for sale... show us what it is!
February 12, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Janet said…
Love the green scarf. And nice job on the pillowcase. I have several cases that are "in time out" one day I will finish them, hehe. Good to see Theo is "filling out" the fur on his leg again. Maybe there wasn't a general "furring" of the pink blanket because it isn't wool???
February 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Daniele said…
I agree with Kathleen C. Love the pattern you are getting with the green scarf!

And the pink blanket looks great!

You seriously do not have three sets of that blanket, Toni!?? he he he he he *ducks* ;)
February 12, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Anonymous said…
The moss scarf's patterning looks like military fatigues, doncha think? I can just picture a country girl wearing it to "the hunting camp," then out into the woods, where it'll keep her neck warm while she tries to bag a bigger buck than her boyfriend/hubby!

I too am leery of variegated yarns, especially ones I like in the skein. They just never knit up the way I'd hoped.
February 13, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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