Now that the sweater is done, and Christmas knitting is done - I finished the fingerless gloves for Smallest as well - I started working on something fun for me. I bought some pretty blue sock yarn in Savannah when Middle and I were visiting SCAD and I thought it might make a nice Polka Dot scarf. I was on a business trip in early January and made a test swatch that seemed okay, so I forged ahead. I got about six inches or so in and decided that this was not the right pattern for the yarn. Boo!
(Where are the polka dots? Plus it's too narrow.)
I tested out another pattern, but decided that the yarn was too dark to nicely show the stitch pattern, so I scrapped that one too. No picture of that one. After some time spent searching Ravelry, I found Sunwalker (which keeps making me think of Skywalker) which seems to be made for sock yarns with lots of speckles. I started on the plane home and out of the 24 repeats of the textured part, I've just finished 20. The yarn and the pattern are playing nicely this time. I would add a picture but I've left it at home today. I'll add one later, along with Smallest's gloves. I don't think I got a picture of the Christmas scarf and cowl. Alas.
While Smallest was getting her braces on this morning, I turned the heel of the Swirl socks I'm making for Middle (I forgot the Sunwalker shawl at home). They use shadow wraps on the heel and that was something new to me. It was pretty cool and I'm looking forward to doing it again on the other sock. I feel a bit like the first sock is a bit of a practice sock, so it's a shame I'm not making three!
I can't think of what else is going on. Jeff is in Dallas this week with his younger daughter while his ex is taking their older daughter to Madrid for a semester abroad. Pretty cool!
Oh - and I get to see Catherine in person in just a few weeks at a science meeting in San Francisco! Yay!
Margie
