It’s finished! The scarf is finished, if unblocked.

See? Sorry for the awful photos. There was no sunlight to be had when I was taking the picture. The good news? The off-color mishap is not nearly as visible in natural light, like sunlight, or even in my house. Strangely, it’s most visible in the office under the really bright flourescents. So it’s not such a glaring mistake as I feared. Whew.

My mother and A both assure me that it’s fine. Annoying, maybe, but not so terrible as ‘can’t wear in public’. Hurrah. The blocking, I’ll have to do at later. A likes it all puffy, but while I like it puffy, too, I don’t like how thin it gets when it curls all around itself. Besides, it’ll slowly puff back up the more I scrunch and wear it, I’m sure. So after a stiff blocking, a little wear will probably make for a good happy medium.

Hopefully. we’ll see. Not like it can’t be soaked and ‘unblocked’ if I hate it.

And speaking of blocking… the STOLE IS BLOCKED! And it is good. No pics yet. Mom’s been, erm, ill…. Well, really, she’s been dealing with the unhappy effects of having a colonoscopy. Joys. Nothing like a camera up one’s ass to make for a happy few days. And between that and me wanting to take photos outside in the sunshine, pics have got to wait. Maybe I’ll get to snap some tomorrow or so…

I whipped out a dishcloth in a couple days. My first ‘entrelac’ attempt, though it’s really entrelac in all garter stitch. Not bad. Sloppy knitting. I’m not sure if it’s the yarn, or me, or the entrelac, or what. Anyway, the pattern came from here.

Also, some pics of the potholder I finished a while ago! Here it is prefelted:

And here it is post-felted. I never really blocked it. I think that’s why it’s so, erm, ‘wrinkled’. It could’ve maybe been felted some more, shrunk down to size. As it is, it’s more of a trivet than a potholder. But whatever.

Now, onto pictures from my Spring Fling (at knittyboard) secret pal! First, the first package. Or part of it. There was other stuff involved. Some nifty point protector needleholder things, a toy for the cats, etc. This is just the stuff I could gather up quick for a photo.

Lovely lovely yarn. All earthy. I still don’t know what I want to do with it. I can never decide…

This is package two:

Even more lovely than the first! It included some lovely bath beads (Oh joy, oh joy!), four skeins of yarn!!!, handmade stitch markers (see photos just below), a handmade row counter, some alpaca stickers, an adorable tin, a pin from the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, a colorcard for Green Mountain Spinnery yarn (never heard of it, but the yarns look yummy!), and a an oh-so-handy needle inventory (also from Green Mountain Spinnery). Sweet!There was so much in this package, I may have forgotten some of it. Hmm.

The yarns included were:

Southwest Trading’s Bamboo. (I have used this before, and LOVE it… and what a bright, cheery color!)
Crystal Palace’s Cotton Chenille (So soft! My pal says it makes nice washcloths. So I’m trying that. Tonight.)
and The Fiber Co’s Terra, in medium indigo. Never heard of this before, either, but it’s merino, baby alpaca, and silk combined. Oh, the love. Two hanks of it. Yay!

I’m in love with this package.

Speaking of… I sent out my first (I know, I’m terribly late on the draw here) package to my Spring Fling pal last… Friday…ish? Something like that. It’s late, but I had to wait for the yarn to arrive from wherever the post office had it. And then I was just busy.

So naturally, my second package will be late, too! Better late than never though, I say. Right? Besides, the round isn’t actually over yet. It’s six weeks long, and we’re only a month into it! I sent a very nice package, too, I think! The first yarn I sent was some Lorna’s Laces sock yarn (strangely, I believe I ordered the exact same or similar color to the stuff I got in a swap last year, that I’d nearly forgotten I had [buried in yarn drawer], and if I’d known… I’d have sent the package earlier and just kept the new stuff for myself to get the package out sooner!), and then I added a ball of wool from my own stash to complete the package. Because everyone needs some nice wool. I didn’t get a photo. Again.

In other things, I’m about to order the yarn for the second package there, and I’ve already ordered yarn for my SP10 secret pal, too! It should be here this week sometime. I hope. I ordered me some yarn too. Some Lorna’s Laces for myself in a colorway I’ve been dying for for reasons beyond my comprehension. It’s not my usual thing. It’s like, BRIGHT yellow and green and blue, and all spring sunshine and grass and sky, and I must be having a hankering for something sunny and cheerful. I think they’d be great socks, though.

Moving on.

I have two cakes of Araucana’s Patagonia Nature Cotton from SP9… and I really wish I had three, because I’d LOVE to make a huge openwork summer shawl out of it. But I just don’t think 210 yards will do the trick. I don’t know though. I don’t even have any idea how I’d go about creating one, let alone knowing if I had enough yarn to do it. Will be looking for patterns…. Any ideas, just let me know.

5 Comments »

1. Damn. I know *exactly* which Lorna’s you’re talking about that you ordered for yourself — I think it’s called Daffodil. I wish I’d known that you liked it so much! But anyway… you should be all stocked up on Lorna’s sock yarn for a while now, after you get my package!! ;)

   Glad to see that your scarf turned out after all! It’s beautiful! I love that color for that pattern. Haven’t tried it myself, yet.

   Put some pics up of your chicks! I’d love to see how they’ve grown.

   Comment by Her Yarnness — May 17, 2007 @ 6:51 am

2. *lol* I’m terribly excited! And don’t worry… I want MOST colorways of Lorna’s Laces. *cough* I just kept seeing this one at the place I’ve been ordering from and… well… resistance was futile…

   I’ll be getting some chick pics in the next few days for sure!

   Comment by Katia — May 17, 2007 @ 7:11 am

3. Wow, that got there quite quickly. I’m glad you liked it all. I’d never heard of the Fiber Co either till I saw them at MDSW. I’m horrible at giving clues that don’t give me completely away

   Here goes… My knittyname has a state in it.

   Comment by SP — May 17, 2007 @ 12:23 pm

4. Ohh, yarny goodness! Yay!

   Comment by Tina — May 17, 2007 @ 11:50 pm

5. That scarf is divine! *sigh*

   Comment by Turtleheart — May 18, 2007 @ 4:43 pm

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