I wish I wish I wish

I wish I could find my camera cable to upload pictures of my recent knitting.  Sadly, I can't find the elusive cable and my pictures are stuck in the dungeon of my camera until I can.  For a photographer, this is a special kind of torture, and for a knitting photographer who has just completed her first noro scarf after 2 months of knitting on it, I am beyond frustrated.

I wish I could post pictures of the ingenious blocking system I had going with the noro scarf - it included multiple bath towels, 5 hangers, a couple chip clips, and my shower curtain rod.  (Intrigued, now, aren't you?)

I wish I wasn't so @#$% fascinated by the 1x1 ribbing of this SECOND noro scarf I've begun, about half the width as the last on as to still get the amazing color effects but stretch (quite literally) 2 skeins of expensive (for me) silk garden.  

I wish I could put into words how much I love my scarf but am a bit let down by the itchiness factor.  I was wooed into the project with promises that it would soften up after blocking, and while it did, to a point, it still itches.  I'm sure after more research, I'll end up re-blocking using SOAK (which is what I should have used in the first place) and I hope, I wish, and I pray that it gets softer.  It's so gorgeous and I love how long it is - over 98 inches! - so this will make it all types of perfect.

Shhh....

.......it's a secret....

First, a **something** knit out of soft soft sky blue mohair, embellished with dark irridescant beads. I'm especially proud of this **** because I knit it, sewed in the beads, and sewed it up in less than 24 hours - and I worked and made food and even slept in those same hours.

And second, a little **something** for The Princess, made out of cotton and ribbon. Very sweet, very little. I'm so happy that I have 2 of my 3 V Day gifts done with days and days to spare.

True Love

Duke Zephyr LOVES the Noro Scarf.

Rip it out and start again

About a year ago, I found a pattern for a wrap that I liked. I bought the yarn for it, a gorgeous turquoise cotton. After I'd knit it about 9/10th of the way, for some reason it fell by the wayside and I never finished it. Maybe it was because I was worried it wouldn't block correctly (it was a weird shape), maybe the *yo k2tog* pattern got too boring, I don't really know.

When I picked it up a few weeks ago, I realized that while it was a well-knit piece of fabric, even if I did finish it (a big if), I would rarely wear the wrap itself, and the yarn was such a rich color I couldn't let it go to waste.

So I started ripping it out. After reading YarnHarlot's post on the matching set of knitwear she made for her daughter, I decided I'd copy the hat that she's used as a jumping off point. I knit it up fine but decided to attempt a raglan decrease for the top. I realized only after I'd completed the hat that the top was pointy and there was no way I was going to put that on my head unless it was a part of a halloween costume. So I did what any dedicated knitter would do. I ripped out the hat and started again.

The Princess tried on my hat, and it was pretty big on her, but she didn't care.

This is the first hat that I have ever made for myself that I am truly truly in love with. I love the shape, I love the fit, I LOVE the color, the pretty little vintage button. I love it all. I can't wait to wear it.

I've been looking for interesting celtic knot cable patterns for a while. I really enjoy working cables, but I always want more variety than I find. Imagine my surprise and delight when I stumbled upon the Knitting Scotsman's pattern for a triquetra cable. Not only was it a doable chart, I quickly realized I could incorporate it onto the back of my favorite mitten pattern! So today, during nap time, I knit up a left mitten, working in a triquetra.

"Second mitten syndrome" has not hit me, and I genuinely excited to finish the set. Now THAT'S the sign of a great project.