05.16.06

Sick Central

Posted in Cleo, Knitting, Photos, Scarf, Yarn at 8:56 am by delipics

Reporting from Sick Central, it is another gray, gloomy, rainy day here in Brooklyn. My stomach hurts from coughing so much - YUCK. How about coughing so much you don’t get any sleep? But enough about me . . .

The most important occupant of the house, Cleo, is beginning to wonder why I am hanging out with her all day and not giving her any alone-time to do her kitty tasks. One of these days I am going to secretly set up a video camera so I can see what she does when I am at work. Don’t all pet owners wonder the same thing?

Yesteray, I blocked the orange scarf, the one I started on the plane to L.A. Blocking really does wonders - any annoying quirks of the yarn all seems to fall into the right place. I am very happy how this came out, considering this was a “Let’s-just-see-what-happens” project. Also, I looove the color, orange.

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Specs:

  • The yarn used is Imagine by Classic Elite Yarns, a cotton (53%) and rayon (47%) mix on size 10.5 US Clover bamboo needles. I like the texture of this yarn. The rayon gives it a slight shimmer effect. I could probably have made this scarf with one skein. I had some left-over yarn from another skein used for a previous project, so the scarf came out longer.
  • The stitch pattern is from Rebecca (March/April No. 12). I was originally going to make Blue Top #29. I started to do a gauge swatch and stopped there. Later, I looked at the stitch pattern, liked the open-work effect of it and decided it would make a great spring or summer scarf - light and airy.

    • I am off to swatch the next project - more stash diving!

    1 Comment »

    1. Becky said,

      May 16, 2006 at 8:42 pm

      What a perfect scarf for spring and summer. The color could even bring it into fall. Very nice.

      Get well soon!

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