I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can

I have an annoying habit of leaving things to the last minute. Which means that I spent this Mother’s Day knitting a pair of angora fingerless mitts for my MIL:

and working on a top I wanted to take on my trip with me:

I’m finally willing to concede that the top won’t be finished by tomorrow morning so back into the knitting bag it goes to await my return.

Now I’m off to finish packing. See you in a few.

I’ve found a new, go-to baby sweater pattern.

All you need is the Yarni Cardigan pattern from Mary Lou Egan;

a skein of sock yarn (the more garish the better);

And one, 3.25mm circular needle:

Mix them all together and you get an adorable baby cardi (there are more photos and some notes on my Ravelry project page):

Let’s see . . . if I used all the sock yarn in my stash to make these sweaters . . . . .

I’m done fooling with the process of reworking the Scroll Stitch scarf. I love the stitch pattern because of the undulations it creates but I think it just can’t be worked in my handspun yarn. The yarn is too sproingy and I don’t want to ruin the clean lines of the stitch pattern by adding a border. Possibly a flatter, less elastic yarn might result in a scarf that doesn’t curl so much. Gosh, even acrylic would work better since you could block the hell out of it and never worry about it springing back to life. So the handspun is going back into the stash and the process has come to an end with no final product to show for it. Sad.

But frogging the scarf freed me to finish a baby cardi I’ve been working on. It just needs buttons and a blocking and then I’ll share all the details.

And a third process has also come to an end. My son has finally decided which college he’ll attend in the fall. Oye! What a painful, drawn-out process. Although my husband and son bore most of the organizational burden, I bore the lion’s share of the stress. It was a difficult decision for him and it came down to a choice between Macalester and Occidental. In the end, the lure of year-round golf in Southern California tipped the balance in favor of Occidental.

Can anyone say, “Los Angeles yarn shopping.”