Yarn in the wings

 This yarn is waiting in the wings for when (or if) I ever finish the stacked cowl.  It's soft and cooshy, and promises (I hear it whispering to me) to let me use a larger needle than I am with the stacked cowl, and to let me knit mindlessly.  I can't wait.

The yarn is from Kanawha City Yarn Company.  If you are in this area, I highly recommend it!  

And then - it gets a little fuzzy.  They were kind enough at the yarn store to wind the yarn for me.  Don't you love that.  I'm certain she gave me the tags, but I don't know what happened to them, so I am uncertain what this yarn is. 

I think - because I found this tag in the room where the yarn was - that it is Quince and Co, Osprey, in the color Aleutian.  (For my future self, it's color 148, lot 006. I bought two skeins of 170 yards each).  When I go to the website of the yarn, its description is just what I would expect - Aran weight, soft, cooshy, wool.  The color is a little different, and that is the only part that is giving me pause.  So, I plan to ignore my uncertainty and go with the tag I found.

This yarn is destined for a nice, easy, knit in the dark and don't worry about stacking, scarf.

Bullet Journal Spread: Christmas Gift Log

 

Each year I create a bullet journal spread to track the gifts we plan to buy to do buy for our family members and friends.  Because it's Christmas, and I like to have fun with it, I usually draw something to use.  I've done Christmas gifts a couple of years and for this year and last year, I did ornaments.  I write the name of the person on the ornament, and then list their gifts.  

Stacked Cowl Progress

In this post, I talked about one of the knits currently on my needles - the Stacked Cowl from the Yarn Harlot's Pateon page.  

Here is a progress image:

It is coming along.  I like the yarn; I love the colors.  I will be so glad when this is finished.  This stacking goal - so that the colors stack - is driving me a little nutty.  I am just too attached to the idea that the colors will stack, so each row I end up "adjusting" so that they stack a little better.  My goal is just that the lime green stack.  Everything else is close enough in color that if the lime green would stack, all would be aligned.  I have gotten too used to the "mindless" knitting of scarves.  When I knit, I just want to knit.  I am so ready to not be worrying about the stacking,

It's the first cowl I've made.  I'm anxious to see how it turns out.  Maybe I'll finish by 2023.

If Parker could knit, I would put him on the job.