I checked my email tonight (okay, okay, I check it every night, practically - hell, it’s set up to notify me the moment anything drops by, and usually, I’m on top of it within minutes), and happily, there’s another email from my SP10 spoilee and another from Shelby, my hostess, who’s set up the first of three contests for this round.

My sp10 questionaire is over to the right and should be easy to find, so yay - first part done. And second, I am to discuss my favorite thing on the needles at the moment.

Hard to choose, because I alternately love and hate it all. *laugh* I have two things on the needles, and a single mitten awaiting its mate. It doesn’t count, since said mate is not on the needles. The other things on the needles are my Kitty Pi and my Backyard Leaves scarf.

Hmm. Well, I admit, the scarf is my favorite at the moment. I mean, it’s nicer to knit. Okay, it’s a pain in the rear to knit, but I loooove the product, and I’m not quite so in love with the brown mud pie kitty pi. And besides, Aurora 8 is soooo much nicer to knit with than Wool of the Andes, which is a bit rough on my skin at this time of year, when my hands crack and I’m slathering on herbal salves and Aveeno.

Rant//
(Did you know that Aveeno tests on animals? I did not until recently, and even though this does not make me happy, I’m not going to stop using it because… it /works/. Really really well. Damn. Why must their product be so good for me, and not, say, someone who doesn’t test on animals? Now, I’m no animal rights freak - and no offense to those who are, but it just isn’t me, I was raised in too rural an area, I suppose, where we depend so much on animals for various things to ever be a big animal rights fangirl - but testing freaking cosmetics on animals pisses me off. It’s unnecessary and cruel. Especially considering its ultimate purpose. But I guess it doesn’t piss me off to use an inferior brand, so I guess I should shut up, eh?)
//Rant

Anyway. Back to the point of the post. Backyard Leaves, from Scarf Style (or, since I don’t actually have that book, though I want it, from Holiday Gifts, or Knits, or whatever the holiday issue of Interweave 2006 was called) is probably my favorite thing on the needles. I’m using size 7 needles (and boy did I have to dig those up from the bottom of my drawer… A has my usual pair) and Aurora 8 from Karabella. Pictures are… a few posts down from here. I’d post them, but honestly, I don’t want to repost the same ones, and the scarf really hasn’t changed much. It’s only a few repeats longer.

I’m really, really hoping I have enough yarn.

1 Comment »

1. Thanks for entering the contest!! I think I may have to try the backyard leaves scarf again- I gave up last time because the lace scared me. I’m all ready for the challenge now!!

   Comment by Shelby — March 20, 2007 @ 6:30 am

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