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Maybe if I make a schedule for myself I’ll blog more often? I get in this pattern where I put off blogging (because I’d rather be knitting) and then it’s been so long since I blogged that I get overwhelmed with the amount of picture taking and uploading and writing and linking necessary to blog. Silly isn’t it? I’ve simplified my photo uploading process (no more resizing or naming individual files) and that speeds things up a bit. And an especially discouraging development was when my memory card went wonky this past week and ate all the pictures I’d taken, thus requiring reformatting the freaking thing and taking said pictures again. Except for the pictures of the lovely cotton washcloths I made for my grandma for her birthday and which have already been sent off to Arkansas for her. I’m planning on making more of the same for other birthdays and holiday gifts so you’ll get pics then but in the meantime, they were pretty and pastel and soft. Happy 77th, Mema!

Okay, knitting! Remember the Kauni Cardigan?

I started it a while back and was super excited and knit on it like crazy for about a week and then got sick of it and put it in hibernation. I told myself that it was because it was too darned hot to knit with that wool but when I pulled it back out again I realized that it is more than that. I love this yarn and the long subtle color changes all the way through the rainbow. The thing is that the way this pattern plays the colors off each other is a bit much for me. It’s sort of visually overwhelming and that’s not good for a girl who is easily visually overwhelmed with the result usually being some degree of dizziness and/or vertigo. So I ripped it out and started a new project that I’ve been wanting to do for a while - the Lady Eleanor Entrelac Stole by Kathleen Power Johnson, found in Scarf Style by Pam Allen. I was waiting for the right yarn and I realized that the Kauni yarn has the perfect coloration for it, although it’s not the weight of yarn called for. But I simply made a few small modifications to the size and number of the entrelac rectangles and, voila:

I’m loving the way the colors work with the entrelac so that the new color dips down into the old color and makes it visually interesting but not overwhelming. I’ve never done entrelac before and it’s really quite easy yet it somehow makes me feel tremendously clever in a totally illogical way. Here’s a closer look at the colors and the entrelac:

Just lovely.

Maia has released the final clue for her Mystery Socks and, wow, what a gorgeous pattern!

Close up of the leg:

The front of the socks:

And the back:

And a couple more:

It is rather difficult to take pictures of your own feet and legs, let alone flattering ones so please excuse the shots that make my calves look like tree trunks. They really aren’t that big.

There is plenty more knitting and even some spinning going on but rather than overload this post, I will end it here and leave a few things for next time which will be soon, I promise!