The good, the bad and the acrylic

It has been a while, but I recently revisited the Caron doom hat.  This hat has been frogged multiple times due to the inability of either the knitter or the crap caron to successfully execute intarsia letters (just to remind you…I did not pick this yarn).  With mom’s weekend coming soon I had to finish it whether I wanted to or not.  Enter duplicate stitch…which of looks goofy too, but the time has come to let it go.  I’m not against acrylic, but I am against this acrylic.  I didn’t enjoy knitting with it at all and will never use it no matter who tries to convince me.  Let us not speak of it again.

While waiting for the cabled cardigan to dry last night, I cast on for an instant gratification project.  I’m ashamed to admit it, but after all this time I have very few knit scarves.  I’ve wanted a skinny black scarf for a while now…more of an accessory scarf than one for keeping warm.  I used a simple drop stitch pattern and two yarns held together to create this look.  I’m happy with it but I’ll have to see if actually works with an outfit.  Speaking of the cabled cardigan, it’s finished!  I think this is a new record for me.  I cast on last Tuesday and got it sewn up in time to wear to lunch today.  I did work on it a LOT though.  Since both Jim and I have been sick I’ve had more knitting time than usual.  Like you haven’t heard this 1,054 times…Malabrigo is soooooooo yummy!  I loved knitting with it and the color variation is fabulous.  I hope I captured a little bit of the magic for you.  Photo shoot and details to come.

While listening to my new favorite thing, Stash and Burn (episode 24), 1 I had this ”great” idea…something that could really revolutionize one’s knitting for the whole year!  For as long as I’ve read knit blogs, there have been epic stories of knitting marathons into the wee hours of Christmas morning.  Enter Project Sanity.  Please join and spread the word…details and contest here. 

1. Um hello out there…Nicole!  Jenny!  Come back from break already! [↩]