It was to show off & brag about my knitting! So, for the first time since I got on Ravelry back in '08, I'm actually participating in a knit along. I'm in the Cowls group, and for the January theme we're suppose to work on "something new" to us as knitters. It could be a yarn that I've never handled, or a technique I've never used, or what ever is outside my usual knitting "envelope". I have always wanted to try double knitting, and had just serendipitously come across the Allotrope cowl by Lindsey Freeman. I cast on for it New Year's Day, and have so far worked about 5.5 rows of the patterning. I'm really glad I had some experience with stranded knitting & holding a yarn in each hand, as that has been the key to getting this project moving.
Oh, and it is a double whammy, as I've never knit with Rowan Pure Wool Superwash DK yarn before. New technique + new yarn = interesting knitting.
And I think I'll find this a useful item, as it's been colder than that chunk of brass folks are always putting in a snow bank, at my desk.
And of course I'm still working on Mi Kara, which is from a Drops free pattern. Shh, don't say anything to the Plaidman, but I'm trying to buy some yarn from another Raveller. See, I've got about half the amount of this yarn that I need for a particular project. If I can get these skeins from one Raveller, and a few more from another Raveller, I'll have enough! Cross your fingers.
Teehee! I just got this shirt from the Ravelry mini-mart. I'd never ordered anything from Rav, but when I read the story I thought it was too funny, and had to have the names of many sheep breeds shirt. You can see the error, running up my left chest.
Disco has been offered the chance to convert from a temp to a permanent position at Amazon, which I sure hope she'll jump on like a duck on a june bug. Let's hope she's smart about it.
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