Because I haven't much clever or interesting to say, but as Billy Crystal said, "a writer writes - always." (Screw you, Billy, a writer wrote that for you!)Ahem. Right, knitting stuff. First up is the Dragonfly Scarf (formerly the Dragonfly Shawl, but it got downsized due to running out of a discontinued and very expensive yarn). It's for my sister's birthday present - her birthday was in January, and she picked this yarn. This is "computer knitting", very handy for things like waiting for Blogger to load the dang photos. So. WIP #1. It's about 2/3 done, I think - hard to tell because the yarn ball doesn't seem to be shrinking much and the ribbon yarn is flat. But it's shiny and pretty, no?
WIP #2 is Dad's Cardigan. This is the "Service Cardigan" from Patons book Forever Favorites. See the picture in the picture? What the man is wearing. I don't knit for little kids. I'm showing a flash and a non-flash picture because the darker one shows the picture better but the lighter one shows the stitch pattern better (it's a broken rib variation). Neither shows the correct colour of the
yarn, which is a blue-grey (aka "Air Force Blue"). This is a bit of a joke actually because Dad's the only one of the men in his family who did not serve in the forces, but those that did were Army or Navy. Air Force is my Mom's side (granddad, actually). But whatever - he likes the colour! Woohoo! For those of you with conservative-style type men in the family, you know what an achievement it is to have them wear a
colour. Yay!The last picture is actually two WIPs2B - a pair of socks for Mom and a pair for me. Again, colour didn't work at all, dang it. Hers (on the left) are a very bright (like traffic cone) orange with green and pink bits. Mine (on the right) are royal blue / green / purple. Hers Jawoll Cotton, mine Jawoll Colour. I'm thinking about starting mine tonight to see how socks on eeny-weeny 2.5mm needles go (I know, I had a plan for working down through sizes in the socks. The plan is now "I want to knit the purple ones first, hush you other socks-2-B!") My gods, I'm talking to my yarn - the Harlot influence again, I suppose...
I do have a pair of wristers to finish (only an inch and a bit to go) and one sock of a pair finished, and MY sweater, and that purple poodle shawl is in the bottom of the bin somewhere too. Later. Tonight, a la Harlot, I'm going to follow my muse and start a weeny little sock. Wish me luck!
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