FO x2

Now that the recipients have their thank you gifts, I can show them off here.

Thank You Gift Scarf #1







Needle
US 8 - 5.0 mm

Yarn
Knitting Fever Tricor Lux

How much?
52 yards, 200 grams 2 skeins = 52.0 yards (47.5m)

Colorway
red

Dye lot
63

Purchased at
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada

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Thank You Gift Scarf #2 (knit in two pieces)

It started out beautifully...



I have no idea what the hell happened that I thought about putting ribbed knitting going horizontal on this piece of the scarf. I blame the bad plumbing virus and fever.




For gods' sakes, 2x2 ribbing.




Thankfully, I snapped out of it and frogged the ribbing. It worked out kind of alright...
















Needle
US 8 - 5.0 mm

Yarn
Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash

How much?
330 yards, 150 grams 1.5 skeins = 330.0 yards (301.8m)

Colorway
Amethyst

Purchased at
Knit & Knot in Bettendorf, Iowa

Making A Dent

I finished one after the holidays gift. I can't show it until it's shipped off to its owner. But here's the yarn I used:





Next up is a scarf/shawl in Cascade 220, it'll be simple, warm, tidy in a lovely dark iris color:





Meanwhile, I'm watching the Nature documentary on Lipizzaner Stallions. Tank wants me to know that basset herds have eluded humans for centuries with their sheer cunning and napping abilities to avoid such rigorous training. Then she went back to napping.

First FO of 2014!

It's supposed to hit a low overnight on Sunday/Monday of -21F degrees here. Our normal low is usually 0F to -5F degrees. Mother Nature has been honked off at us since October around here.

What extreme cold drives me to do... Re-purpose, reduce, reuse, recycle. My watch words for fiber as well as other goods.

Since I knew frigid weather was coming up, I took out a scarf I had knit up back in October 2013 (thank you, Ravelry for the date help!), and frogged it. (I'd worn it a total of 2x last year.) And then reknit it shorter and wider than I had done before:





Then I dug around in my stash for the last remaining bits of my precious ggh Cashmere (aran weight) I've had since 2007, and crocheted a bit around the scarf and on the ends. Then I basted on a rabbit scarf that had only seen the light of day about 1x per year (and then carefully stored away the rest of time) since it was gifted to me several years ago.





After basting it on the edge, I went back and crocheted around the edge with the remaining ggh yarn. (The rabbit ain't going nowhere until I remove it!)





The result is a beautiful, warm, three kinds of exquisite soft going on. And damn it, I'm worth it.



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US 9 - 5.5 mm

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Yarn
Classic Elite Yarns MountainTop Chalet

How much?
196 yards, 100 grams 2 skeins = 196.0 yards (179.2m)

Colorway
grey

Purchased at
Home Ec Workshop in Iowa City, Iowa

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Yarn
GGH Cashmere

How much?
128 yards, 50 grams 2 skeins = 128.0 yards (117.0m)

Colorway
red

Purchased at
The Yarn Shoppe
January 6, 2007