I decided that I didn’t need to wait until I finished something to post. What a concept. I’ve been working on the next shawl from that pile of UFOs pretty consistently. NFL playoffs have helped, giving me lots of great knitting time.
Here it is in its current state.
The pattern is the Sharon Show, by Casapinka. This has been neglected for a really long time. Ravelry says that I started this in July 2021. I had about four inches done when it got stood up for a more attractive date, so I’ve gotten quite a bit accomplished since I picked it back up. I forgot how much FUN her patterns are. There are lots of different stitch patterns to keep me from being bored, but nothing too complex to make it inappropriate for tv knitting. One section is in Morse code, which had me stumped for a bit. John went to signal corps training when he was in the Army, so he had to learn Morse code; of course that was about 60 years ago. Surprisingly, he managed to decipher it. I’ll just say that it says “something something something skunk butt”.
I know I said something ridiculous about not casting on any more projects until I finished a few things. None of you really believed that, right? Here’s what made it onto my needles this morning.
The yarn is deep stash. It’s Butternut Woolens thick and thin bulky weight. I bought this at a local yarn festival in 2011, so it was time to make something with it. This will be a moebius cowl. I just cast on a bunch of stitches, and will knit garter stitch until I run out of yarn. I’ll twist it into a moebius shape and sew the ends together.
The bonus is I get to use a pair of needles out of my ridiculously vast collection of plastic straight needles.
Last but not least, I went to the dentist this morning for a routine visit. Whilst waiting, I noticed my footwear.
Yes, my friends, I went to the dentist in my slippers. I appear to have reached the age where I need better adult supervision.
That Sharon Show is so joyful!