Knithropology

Lectures ended yesterday; my last full-time term as an undergrad is nearly finished. From here on out it is summer classes, one at a time.

But before the summer courses and before the universe and I find my next path, there are final exams. Four of them in two days. It’ll be…fun? But that’s Monday. Today is Saturday and I have, as the title says, an infinitesimally small breathing space.

So. Knitting. Here’s what I’ve been up to:

The finished Stratigraphic Sequence in Patons SWS Natural Earth and Natural Slate:

The Lad’s Prismatic Scarf in Malabrigo Worsted, Autumn Forest, otherwise known as the Prisms in an Autumn Forest Scarf:

Those pictures are unblocked - this blocked incredibly long and I’ll post pictures when it has dried.

That pink of doom Cascade 220 Superwash drop-stitch scarf - the Pepto Drop-Stitchmol - for my mother (this blocked so well; I continue to be amazed):

And now, works in progress.

The Dawn Chorus Danica, a Danica for me in Cascade 220 Paints:

The Double Major Double Time Drop-Stitch Scarf for my very soon to graduate double major friend Nicole (repeat to ourselves: Cascade 220 Superwash blocks well. Cascade 220 Superwash blocks well. This will not always look lumpy and horrid. This will not always look lumpy and horrid. Remember your mum’s scarf. Remember your mum’s scarf.):

A hat for my friend Karen, who is dealing with the effects of chemo:

Remember that scarf I mentioned in my last entry? The [redacted], which was a gift for [redacted]? It has finally changed hands, so now I can share it with the internets. The gift was a Drop-Stitch Scarf in Crystal Palace Taos made for my friend Erika, who holidayed in Taos over spring break. Et voila, Spring Break in Taos:

And you know what? I never shared the FO pics of my Claporishi. After all that work, I keep it hidden? Ay yi yi. But no longer - here she is! Finally, a use for Berroco Yoga that isn’t a very tiny bag or a decorative trim:

Were I a better knitter when I started this, I would have alternated two skeins, as there is a little bit of pooling. I don’t really mind, though there’s always that voice in the back of the head that says, ‘could do better’. If I go completely round the bend someday, perhaps I’ll rip it apart and give it a reknitting. Or eat it. I’m not sure. I’ll be insane then, so who knows?

My upcoming projects list has shifted somewhat (quelle surprise); that skein of Handmaiden Sea Silk that was to be a Montego Bay Scarf has been repurposed: it will be a Midwest Moonlight (from Scarf Style). Three skeins of lilac Cascade 220, ostensibly for the Midwest Moonlight, will be made into a Hemlock Ring Blanket (which will be a nightstand cover in our bedroom). The Noro I bought for my mother’s Booga Bag doesn’t want to be a Booga Bag at all - now what do I do with three skeins of rosy/springy Kureyon?

On the new and farther out horizon: a yet to be determined scarf for a dear friend of mine, my Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks Scarf (to be knit when I’m in an air-conditioned space, along with everything else requiring wool this summer), a couple of Koolhauses, some baby items for a pregnant friend and perhaps some baubles for The Lad’s car. I also have in mind a secret project for another close friend, but that’s supersecrethushhush. Looking at my stash, I do have five skeins of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Mariner Blue that I could knit into something…and there’s all that Berroco Touche that I’ve thought about either knitting or setting on fire (I despise that yarn)…and The Lad’s Cobblestone in the Skye Tweed…argh. And all of these barely put a dent in my Ravelry queue (117 projects as I write this).

Is it time to revise for my finals already? Sigh. See you on the other side!

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