The urge to knit slipped away, and has remained hidden beneath the sofa for the last two weeks. Even looking at the yarn in my knitting basket has not proved temptation enough for me to take up my needles.
Nonetheless, I persisted, half-heartedly at best on a few occasions. But at least I have something to show for my efforts. The scarf I had started in my last post, the one being knit from three mystery balls of stash yarn, has been finished. I have named it Glacier Pools, because the colors remind me of the colors seen when staring down cracks in glaciers lit by sunlight.
I simply knit until I ran out of one of the yarns, in this case the white yarn. There remains 20 grams of the blue and white flecked yarn (Louisa Harding Trenzar) and 46 grams of the blue, white and turquoise variegated yarn. The finished scarf is 7 inches wide and 104 inches long, or a little over 8 1/2 feet. I am not convinced that I am enamored of the occasional bits of lilac found in the variegated yarn, but they do not dominate the scarf and their effect is minor when the scarf is worn. I can live with this and still like the scarf overall.
I had minor surgery last Friday and that has affected my interest and ability to knit. I am just now at about what I would call 50%, and for the first time in a couple of weeks I feel interested in picking up and seaming the purple sweater, or, perhaps, focused enough to knit the diamond pattern and begin the sleeves. I also have another simple project in the wings, a not-so-basic stockinette sweater, should tiredness set in.
More later.
Glad you are feeling better. Take care!
Virginia
Posted by: Virginia Branum | Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 01:20 PM