ECF - Thinking of Spring Edition

The temperatures took a serious dive overnight but, thanks to a certain new knit which is finally dry, I am warm. I'll try to get pictures this weekend.

As we prepare for possible snow this evening I'm thinking os Spring so I trolled my photo archives for a picture to put us in the right frame of mind.



Enjoy your weekend!

Decisions, decisions

Last night was the information session on the International Baccalaureate program at DQ's school. As a rising 9th grader it's apparently time for us to start making decisions about what type of diploma she wants to work towards. It comes as a surprise to us both.

I'm also making other very important decisions.. like what to knit for the Ravelympics and what team to compete on. I actually know exactly what my Ravelympics project will be - stranded mittens. This was a goal of mine for 2010 so it's the perfect challenge and after much consiceration, I've already found a pattern. Yay! I'll be making a pair of Ruba'iyat Mittens in one of the following combinations of yarn.

The first possibility is Araucania Ranco Multi in Copper Glow with some black KP Essential in Soot. I think that the high degree of contrast would make the pattern pop but would it pop too much?


The other possibility is to pair the same Araucania with some Louet Gems in a color thats very close to some of the tones in the vari. On the one hand, the difference between the yarns isn't nearly as pronounced so the yarns are softer together. On the other hand, I think that in places the 2 yarns may blend and I could lose pattern definition.

Fortunately I still have a few weeks to decide which way to go. What do you think? I can also use the time to ponder which team -if any - I should join.

Mystery Knit

My hot glue gun was once one of my favorite toys. Not anymore!

I'd love to write long, inspirational posts about my current knitting but it turns out that it's way easier to knit with a monster blister on one's right index finger than it is to type. So, to save you from an avalanche of type-os I'll just share a picture of the knit I finished last night. It's an extreme closeup but I'm guessing that many of you can figure out what it is pretty fast. I'm hoping that this will dry by tomorrow when temperatures here are supposed to dip and snow will fall once again.