Is that knitting?
Why, yes it is. It is knitting. Something knit by me for a friend. I might not have a lot of time to do it but I do in fact knit.
It occurred to me as I was finishing this very simple little scarf that I was sooo had.
You see this dearest of friends accused me of never finishing anything. Well, hellooo have you not been paying attention.
A wee bit swamped here and .. the dyeing and the sock club and the sock camp and now the sock summit and you know I just might be insane.
Really it has occurred to me recently that I really might have a screw or two loose. Ooops, got off topic.
I was just a tad offended by this accusation. So I did what any over achiever will do when faced with such a challenge. Instead of just making a swatch, which really all I was intending to do, I kept going.
I did not realize what I was doing until I looked at it and saw that it was turning into a pretty long swatch. hmmm… I believe at this point I had accomplished my swatching goal, but could not make myself stop.
(I swatch a lot, it is something you do when your business is about the yarn and the knitting.)
Well fine, I will make a scarf. It is LSS and will feel very nice around a neck. Warm and soft and silky. I know I will make her a scarf, I’ll show her. Right?
In walks Sophie my 11 year old and asks what I am knitting. I tell her my tale and she just stands there shaking her head and grinning at me.
“ Oh Mother” she sighs. “ Are you really this easy?”
Well, evidently I am. Too funny, still chuckling over this as I wrap this scarf up to mail out today.
It is quite lovely and will match her coat really well. It will keep her warm and remind her that she is cared for. It tells her that her friend (me) is easy and capable of finishing something and maybe, just maybe is a wee bit of a child.
Whatever the twisted logic behind this little project it was fun. The yarn feels so great sliding between ones fingers and the color kept making this cool X thing.
Simple but fun stitch pattern. Mindless knitting, my very favorite kind of knitting these days.
A swatch scarf.
I think I will now go swatch a sock.
