Giving Away Knitting

Much of what I knit is knit for someone else.  While I knit, I think about many things including the person who will receive what I am making.  As the stitches roll off my fingers, I try to work good thoughts into whatever I am making.

This morning, I gave my bus buddy, Tom, a scarf that I had made for him.  He was surprised and tickled....having mentioned months ago he need one.  He put it on right away.  

We are still in the middle of a wicked cold winter.   It was good to put warmth into someone else's day.

My favorite scarf pattern.......

My favorite scarf pattern has to be the Yarn Harlot's One Row Scarf.    Why?   Because I can use it with anything....it is easy to remember....and it looks different enough with different yarns that it is still exciting no matter how many times I make it.

This version was made for a friend of mine.  She wore it a lot.  Right now I am making one out of Brown Sheep bulky.  I was going to give it way....really.....I was.   The scarf is too wide for the intended recipient.   I am too far along to go back.   So sad.  I will keep it.

The version of the scarf I am now working on has kept me company in doctors' offices as I wait.   When I have a project like this one, I really don't care how late the doctor arrives.  Yesterday, my oncologist was kind enough to wait while I very quickly finished my row.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Planning....I love the planning

Right now I am working, actively, on one throw, a baby blanket, and a scarf.   Let's just not talk about the projects that are....resting.   The baby blanket and the scarf will not take long to finish.   What next?

There are multiple things in the pipeline.....a wedding afghan.......baby sweaters.....an intarsia baby blanket....two more pairs of mukluks....another Minnesota hat...another hat for someone who needs a warm head.....and a sweater for my lovely, lovely sister-in-law.   What to choose?   Sometimes I like to do a few quick things so that I feel as though I am making a lot of progress.   Sometimes a project grabs my interest and I want to do it now.   These days I jump on those projects while I feel the fire.  I used to wait until things with a closer deadline were finished.   Now, I remind myself that this is supposed to be fun.  I pick at least one thing just because I think it will be fun.

The hat for Aila was one of the fun projects.  I had the pattern...had the yarn...and finally had a victim for it.    I took a day on a weekend and knit the hat up.   The recipient loved it...and wears it.  I think it is really cute and would make it again.

Part of the fun of all of this for me is the planning.....I even like the swatching.   It is when I have so much planned that the knitting seems like work that I wonder why I do that.   My goal this year is to knit more fun things....and keep up with the things that "must" be done.