Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th and I just watched "The 13th Warrior" with Drew.
I've finished the Lorna's Laces,
done a skein of Linie 73-Spot
(yarn 18) in teal,







a ball of Berroco Plush Colors (yarn 19) in kiwi,










and started a ball of violet mystery wool (yarn 20). I think I may have gotten the wool to make a stuffed penguin. I know the teal yarn was purchased at Serendipity because it was sparkley and teal (one of my favorite colors). The lime was probably intended for a baby toy of some description. I probably should have saved it as I do have baby knitting in the offing, but new yarn is always better and I think I shall make a blanket, which this wouldn't really do for anyway. I've also got to make a wedding shawl for Lindsay and a DNA scarf for Sam. Or something else suitably medical.
On the bright side, I chew my fingers less when I'm knitting. I probably won't get much done tomorrow. I've got work and then Drew and I are going to "The Count of Monte Cristo" at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. I'll knit if I can get him to drive.

Day 7

260 inches

I finished the mystery ball and have started the first full skein (yarn 17) in the scarf. It's a skein of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted in Sand Dune. I bought two skeins to do a set of knee socks, but I didn't like the shape once I started knitting so into the scarf it went.

Last night I went up to Drew's balcony and let the whole thing unroll onto the floor below. It made a really satisfying "whomp." Then I stretched it from the arm of the couch to the upstairs bathroom door, went downstairs and knitted from there. I'm looking forward to storing it upstairs and knitting downstairs.
I've promised Drew that when it's all done he can have it as a bean bag chair.
I had a lovely conversation with two customers at work about it. It's a no-stress project, which I need desperately right now. The beauty of this project is that it's got a definate goal and end point, but the amount of time it takes to get there or even if I do get there is irrelevant. In the current haze of mom/house/work that makes me very happy.

Day 6

Well, standing in line at the DMV got me through the rest of the blue velvet and onto a small section of black wool (yarn 12) from Brown Sheep.
This afternoon and my lunch break saw some pink cotton and viscose (yarn 13) from my teddy bear phase as well as a segment of black chenille (yarn 14), whose origin and history are an utter blank. My break got me through that yarn and onto a small segment of dark grey Blue Sky Alpaca (yarn 15) left over from a scarf. After that will be some white cotton (yarn 16) that I used in a baby blanket.


The scarf sausage is starting to get too big to fit in my bag. I"ll have to upgrade it soon.
238.25 inches

Day 5

165 inches

Day 4 contd again

136 inches.
I started the next yarn in the mystery ball (yarn 11) It's a blue velvet that I've had for decades.

If I remember correctly, I got it when KnitOne closed in the mid '90's. It, like the sari silk, had been worked up and I took it apart to add to the scarf. I finished the cotton and started on the velvet while watching "The Big Sleep," which was about five different shades of awesome. It's my first Chandler. It was interesting comparing it to "The Maltese Falcon," which I've listened to as and audio book.
Kniting-wise, Drew and I rounded the end goal up to 50,000 inches for math's sake and calculated that it would take approximately 1,000 days at my present rate. Granted thta I don't expect to keep this rate up, I thought of Shannon Hale's "Book of a Thousand Days." I like having something in common with that heroine even if it is just a number.

Day 4 contd

Done with the sari silk. Now it's on to the mystery ball. I reorganized my stash box last night and this ball of yarn is made up of a bunch of different yarns that were in disarray and mostly weren't big enough to wind into their own balls. It starts off with (yarnd 8) some purple cotton and viscose that was left over from a series of teddy bears that I made.
Then it moves on to (yarns 9 & 10) two different colors of Blue Sky cotton that I had been making a hat with.
I didn't have quite enough yarn to finish the hat though, so I pulled it out and added the yarn to the scarf project.

I've just measured and added markers at 50 inch intervals. The scarf is now 104 inches. It makes a fat little bolster pillow when rolled up, but still fits conveniently in my bag. I like this project. It gives me a stress-free goal to work toward, unlike all my Mom-related goals.

Day 4

Yarn #7 is recycled sari silk from... Mango Moon I think.
I adore this yarn. I actually had this ball knitted into a not very successful scarf that I unpicked last night. I need to measure again, but I'm waiting for David to come back from lunch and do math for me since the scarf now exceeds the length of one tape measure. David finds math comforting.

Day 3

New yarn, new yarn! La la la la la la.
It's Brown Sheep worsted in white.


It, like the pink, is left over from the cat purse I made.

Oh, and the cute red head at Knit Nouveau identified the previous yarn (#5) as Noro Silk Garden. I'm pretty sure someone from Serendipity gave it to me.

Ok, measurement time... 80.25 inches. Yay!

Day 2

More progress today. Work was slow so I got rather a lot done. When I measured this afternoon I had 43.75 inches. I made a livejournal post. I've got a meter, but I'm still at 0%. I finished the Zen and started the 4th yarn : Plymouth Yarn Sinsation in a royal purple color. Sinsation is a chenille and rather yummy. I got it from my secret pal in the lj knitting swap I did.

















I've finished the Sinsation and am starting yarn #5,
which is a wool/something blend. It looks a bit like sari silk. I don't recall where I got it. It's a left over from someone else.

later

8 p.m.
25.5 inches

3rd yarn: Berroco Zen in black.

In the Beginning

I started the scarf last night. Drew dared me to do this to get rid of my yarn stash. Tonight I have to sort all my yarn. If I use up all the yarn in my giant box, he said he'd refill it with new yarn. I can't say no to that! I cast on 25 stitches with a half skein of Brown Sheep's Lamb's Pride Bulky in Persian Peacock. I knit while we watched "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."
Result: 14.5 inches.

2nd yarn: Brown Sheep's Lambs Pride Bulky in Victorian Pink.