Savage Gardens

 First pattern from this year's Miss Babs Book Club. The first yarn/pattern combo was inspired by Mycroft and Sherlock by Kareen Abdul-Jabbar. The yarn color was called Tobacco and came with this cute magnifying glass.

Loved how this turned out, but this was definitely a project I had to pay attention to. Normally I am pretty good at reading my knitting, but I had to refer to the chart on every row or I would get totally lost. Totally worth it, though.

Project Info

Pattern: Savage Gardens Scarf by Michael Harrigan

Yarn: Miss Babs Killington in Tobacco

Started: March 21, 2021

Finished: Apr 3, 2021

Stripey Scarf

I always like those striped scarves with a solid color and a coordinating self-striping color, so when I saw these yarns, I knew exactly what I wanted to make.  Buying a yarn with a specific project in mind is more rare than I should probably admit, but it's always nice when these things work out exactly as you intended.

Mindless knitting

Finished my color affection shawl, which is blocking right now and in the meantime an working in a nice and simple striped scarf. I love these colors!

So, last week, I started experimenting with Entrelac. I used some acrylic yarn I had leftover from another project as a test of the pattern. It came out pretty funky, and I think I am going to make a pillow out of it. I'll post pictures once that is done. In the meantime, here are some pics of a scarf I am working on with an alpaca/wool blend yarn that I dyed myself. I am such a dork. Also, I forgot to mention that geekpixie and I had a yarn-for-money exchange which I think worked out very well for both of us. I am very much looking forward to making a sweater with the bottle green patons classic wool. =) And, continuing on my yarn entry: I received an e-mail today from the guy at Caron yarns that I spoke to at the trade show. My sample skeins of yarn are on their way to me. Rock on! Free yarn! Tonight's plans: clean room to make space for yarn.