Woolybuns

Holiday Happenings

I started this knit for the granddaughter just because.  A few days into it, I found out her school would have a week of special holiday themed days, one of them Candy Cane day.  That gave me a deadline.  This pattern is an easy knit, garter stitch on the bias so some K2tog and KFB.  But the least bit of distraction and I would do extra KFB.  Had to constantly check my stitch count and sometimes rip back an entire stripe, which definitely slows down progress.  My deadine was 1st thing this morning.  I finished the scarf last night at 10 pm.  Kid is delighted with it, which delights me.  

One of my favorite holiday events is the annual party with a Fiber Artisans group.  We meet monthly, and have been for years.  Our party includes a Yankee Swap.  My prize this year is a lovely hand crafted yarn bowl and about 1/2 oz of oh so soft grey alpaca fiber.  I plan to blend it with some wool and angora.  What a yummy spin that will be!

 

Sockus Interruptus

Knitting only 4 to 8 rounds on a sock almost daily doesn't get the sock finished quickly, but it is at least  progress.  But then along comes  the  grandchild's  request.  Teach  me to  knit.  So I bought some  Patons  Classic  Wool,  one skein  red,  one  white. Using some of my more luxurious yarns in stash just isn't a good use for that.   But a tired kid at the end of a school week isn't the most receptive student. Lesson lasted about 5 minutes. She's been talking up candy canes so I decided to knit a candy cane scarf for her, a free pattern on Ravelry.  It's a bias knit, something new to me.  Pretty simple but I too was tired, read the pattern wrong and convinced myself it was working out just fine.  But no.  Finally figured out the big Ooops and started over.  And then after completing 4 big stripe sections, realized I didn't have enough yarn.  Bought more yarn and decided scarf dimensions were too
big for a young kid.  Started over again with fewer stitches and narrower stripes.   With dogs bouncing around and begging for attention, knitting this basically simple pattern involved a lot of tinking, ripping, and redoing.  Started the scarf 6 days ago.  My progress as of right now.  Looks more proportional IRL.  I like it.  :)