As The Yarn Turns

UFOs, The Unfinished Story

Scout has asked us to confess our UFOs (unfinished objects if you're not familiar with the term). There was actually a time when I felt left out of the UFO discussions. I never had more than two things on the needles at a time, and I always finished them. It wasn't that long ago either. Then I added something and something else. Pretty soon I had UFOs languishing in the corners.

Right now I have two things that I'm actually working on. I won't bore you with still another progress picture of those. It's the Jaywalker socks that I showed yesterday and the Arrowhead Lace Scarf that I showed last Wednesday. I'm knitting on both of these, just slowly. It's been too hot to get enthusiastic about much of anything.

Then there's the two projects that have been gathering dust. First the one that has been marinating the longest, the Rambling Row Afghan.

I think I started this about two years ago. I worked on it a lot and then stopped because got too hot. I worked on it again last winter but I got distracted or something and there it has sat. It is way too hot right now to be working on it. If it ever cools off for more than a day or two, I'll pick it back up again. Really I will!

The next one is a mohair scarf that doesn't have that much more to go.

That's Katie checking it out in the upper right corner. She loves mohair. I started it last fall and then kind of quit working on it. I think I just got bored with it. It doesn't have much more to go. I should just motor on through and finish it. Oh yeah, there's that heat thing, and mohair. Okay maybe I'll finish it up after I finish this other scarf.

On a completely different note, or maybe not, I'll be away again for a long weekend down to Birmingham, Alabama at a convention. I'll try to post to the blog while I'm gone but it doesn't always work out. If not, I'll see you on Sunday or Monday, depending on how tired I am.

by Sydney  |

Winding Down July

I can't believe it's the end of July already. It has been a fun month. It's just hectic for the last month or two. I'm looking forward to things calming down a bit in another week or two. I can hope, anyway! The Jaywalker socks are almost to the point where I was before I ripped them back. Handy Week was good for making progress on the Jaywalkers. They still seem to quietly extract the needles when I'm not looking. Apparently they think I should have much smaller feet and ankles. The extra stitches introduced a bit of pooling, but they still have that stripey thing going on. Besides I still like them and there is no way I am going to rip them back again.

Since we're at the end of the purple month for Project Spectrum, here are a couple more purple pictures. First here's a box I painted a week or two ago when I was playing around with some paint and some techniques on Try It Tuesdays. I like the way it turned out. I might have to use this for some gifts when the holidays get closer.

Then there's my orchid. It just started putting out blooms a couple of days ago.

I'll leave you with a not so patient Balt.

"Hey, how long are you going to be in the bathroom?"

by Sydney  |