It’s so hard to think warm thoughts when the windchill is
-23 degrees and dropping. The wind and snow whipping furiously around the house last
night scared the cat right off my lap while we were watching Sherlock. He stood at the back door and meowed as
if to say “what the hell is going on out there?” The downside to cold weather
like this is having to bundle up to walk to the mailbox. The upside is getting new yarn in that mailbox. So much for my yarn diet. Everything in moderation, right?
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| Cowboy Cowl |
I’ve been on a bit of a cowl kick lately. I think the last
six or seven things I’ve finished in the last few months have been cowls, with
the exception of the Metamorphosis shawl, which has yet to grow on me and the Ashburn shawl. I think it’s
been my need for quick-knit gratification—you know,something that only takes a week or
two to work up. I have every intention of wearing them, but the truth is they
get folded up and put on a shelf in my craft room. Why not give them away, you
ask? Once upon a time, a work friend of mine, let’s call her Audrey, was
commenting on how a childhood friend of hers was always giving her handmade scarves
for Christmas. The problem was that Audrey didn’t want or like the scarves and
felt obligated to keep them so that she wouldn’t hurt her friend’s feelings. Audrey
didn’t know at the time that I was a knitter. That has always stuck with me. It
takes time and love to make someone a knitted project. My fear is giving
someone something and having them secretly react the way Audrey did. That’s not
to say that I haven’t knit up some scarves, wraps and cowls for close family
and friends, because I have. I just have it in the back of my mind now that
there are Audreys out there who don’t appreciate a knitted piece of love.
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| Plum (honey) Cowl |
So anyway, back to cowls. I’ve reached the point where I’m
officially all cowled out. I’m halfway through my
last cowl for the season (the Cupido Cowl) and should be done in a day or two. I may knit one more—the Cowgirl Cowl which is the companion cowl to the Cowboy Cowl I just finished. But other than that, I’m pretty much ready
to go back to sweaters. And this is where that new yarn comes in. I
recently ordered some skeins of the Webs 40th Anniversary Valley DK yarn
dyed by madelinetosh in Ruby. I love it. It was a little pricey for a Valley DK
(twice as much as the regular price for the same yardage), but I think it will
produce a very nice sweater assuming the skeins aren’t too drastically different
once opened up and caked.
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| Not-Quite Herringbone Cowl |
In other knitting news … I’m headed out to Stitches
West this year. It’ll be my first time there and I’m so excited. I attend
Stitches Midwest every year since it’s only a 45 minute drive for me, and every
time I go someone will mention how big Stitches West is and how I need to make
it out there someday. So I am! I’m taking a friend (a non-knitter) with me and
we’re making a long weekend out of it. Very excited!
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| Song of the Sea Cowl |
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