Irish Eyes

Plaited Cable Scarf by NJ Niemeyer
I've misplaced the ballband on this yarn. Its a wool acrylic blend of some sort.

This is an awful picture of the color, but a decent shot of the cables on the scarf I completed this afternoon.

And progress has been made on the Fir Cone Square Shawl thanks to "The Devil Wears Prada" from the e-listening library and episodes of "M*A*S*H" and "What Not to Wear."

There's a sock ready to have its heel turned when I get around to thinking about it, and another colorwork mitten on the needles, but they may be laid aside for Christmas Knitting in the near future. I really should finish the lace scarf and I need to think of something for my fiance's mother... hmm...

Spring in the Air

The weather has been beautiful recently and I am inspired to abandon my schoolwork (which keeps me tied to either my computer or piles of library books) and go out and enjoy the sunshine. With so many papers and projects to work on, knitting seems like the only thing on which I can actually show some progress at the end of the day. My cousin's wedding gift is finished. I've started a new sweater for myself in a fantastic yarn (Silky Tweed! Amazing!). And I've gotten a lot of mindless scarf knitting done while I talk to my SO on the phone at night (he's 750 miles away... sadness.)

Its too bad my fingers can't keep up with my brain as far as project ideas go. I've got things to finish, but my mind is already on to plans for gloves and mittens in the lovely grey alpaca I re-discovered when I went stash diving for scarf yarn the other day. I also recently frogged some sweaters to salvage the yarn and those new fibers are calling out to be made into baby blankets and brightly colored hats for kids in need. Meanwhile, my fingers try desperately to keep up with all of the projects that are currently on the needles.

Turkey Day

Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US so my family is making the long trek from Indiana to come and visit me. I've been diligently working on my schoolwork this weekend so I can spend the rest of the week with them doing more interesting things (like knitting!).

Luckily, some of my homework was reading for my theology class and the text for that class is actually the manuscript of a book our professor is writing. It comes in a great big three ring binder and I can read and knit at the same time! Between reading theology at work (I work at the school library) and watching a couple of episodes of "Men in Trees" last night, I'm almost done with this furry beast:
Its a fun fur scarf, just plain garter stitch. The colorway, Copacabana, stripes itself and I think it looks like Rainbow Sherbet. Its bright and fun and will be perfect for some little girl somewhere. :-)