a post to make up for a huge lack of posts

obsessed with world news, work and sleep have kept me from achieving a decent blogger status. i am in danger now of neglecting it so long that i will be too embarrassed to continue.

i first of all want to share a present i have knit a dear friend of mine back in january.. for her birthday.... in january... which is still in my possession.  a bad friend who is unintentionally working to bankrupt the usps through postal neglect. yes bex, i will send you your scarf (from last year) and mer i will eventually hand you your present in person.... maybe you could come for a visit????

the details~
pattern~ bristol's cowl from the talented bristol ivy
yarn~ this fantastic quince puffin  (i could eat all their colors they are so tempting) one skein in birds egg
needle size us 13 & 11




some more notes for future making reference if i indeed make one for myself ;) ~

argh! got to row 9 of the chart (my first drop stitch) i looked it up and after you drop the stitch you make one in the ladder. after working round 10 i had too many stitches.... (again)

oh my i was not meant to knit the cowl.  i decided i should take it back to row 8 dropping the extra stitch i added for each drop stitch. …. bummer....pretty stupid.

(also) after row 8 i changed to my addi turbo size 11 (did not have size 13)… things started moving much quicker than the bamboo.

rip, rip, rip

i took the knitting back to row 8 and dropped the stitch as it should have been done :), now not much else can go wrong…. just repeating patterns???

it was easy moving from here on out. i did debate casting off after the fourth repeat thinking i might not have enough yarn to complete but i decided to motor on (what’s the worst that can happen… i have to buy more wool?!) :)

completed with a final tally of 13” cast on tail & 90” left over wool…

puffin

i recently became a fan of quince and co. they have beautiful yarns in beautiful colorways. i found a designer that i really liked and chose her pattern bristol's cowl. the pattern uses one (hopefully because that is what i ordered) or possibly 2 skeins quince puffin.

well i have learned that i can not read knit charts.

rip, rip, rip.

i am becoming as good at un-knitting as i am at knitting.

my confusion? (please note that if you own the pattern you may regard me as stupid)

i worked the first 3 attempts using 13 stitch repeats (with rows 1-8) thinking the m1l and m1r on the chart equaled m1l= m1l and knit the original stitch & the m1r= m1r and knit the original stitch. every row ended with one extra stitch (as 77 is not divisible by 13). i caught on and bit my lip so i would not cry and just now started working in the pattern as written.

(i am a written pattern girl now terrified of charts.)

i am planing on making 2 of these .... so i will learn.

birthdays

happy belated birthday bex~ i know its a bit late~ i hope you like it!

the goods: 1 skein aysen by araucania (70% merino wool, 20% alpaca, 10% silk)
824 pink red
needle: us 10

pattern: elizabeth's wool- angora diagonal scarf from luxury yarn one skein wonders
its shorter than the pattern calls for because i did not have the necessary yardage but the length doesn’t seem to make much difference. i wish i could get a better photo of the colors in the yarn, its quite beautiful and warm & so soft.

get ready for the crawl...

woohoo. this is the week for the best little yarn crawl in texas. sadly it is the same weekend as ACL but i will endeavor.  :) lots of great shops in austin....
i bought my passport this past weekend from yarnivore. in addition to getting this bag i ended up buying some angora wool for a sweater for miss scarlett. the pattern came from the book i bought there~ dogs in knits by judith swartz. looking forward to a scarlett sweater soon!