I didn’t spend the weekend sitting around watching the cat yawn (can you believe he was already closing his mouth when I snapped that picture?!) – I actually got a lot of things done. In knitting news, I knit a bowtie scarf (shamelessly copying Pink Rocket and Irene; pattern here) for a friend’s birthday:
I used a stray ball of Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed (black) from my stash for the scarf. My, what a lot of vegetable matter was in that yarn – I felt like I was knitting with Noro! The Silkroad was kind of scratchy while I was knitting with it (unexpected for a yarn that contains silk and cashmere), but softened up considerably after a good soak and blocking. (Why am I not in the picture? Well, I was celebrating International Pajama Day and was not looking particularly photo worthy.)
I finally finished the NSR Anne Jaywalkers:
But wait… something’s missing from that shot… Oh yeah, there’s no blob! Said blob was otherwise occupied with erstwhile blobby behavior:
Love the socks, the color’s awesome!
Great scarf and I love the socks, too. Chaos looks bushed!
I love the scarf and the socks. I agree with Carole..Chaos looks like knitting just wore him out!
I wondered if Chaos ever slept — he’s such a buzy fellow…..
Cool jaywalkers………
What did you do to the cat to make him miss a photo op? The socks are gorgeous.
Man, those socks are fabulous. My mom would have loved them; she was a sucker for that colour of red. They remind me of her. 🙂
And the scarf is great! I’m so impressed, Chris…man, not only is your blog (and Eileen’sm and Pink’s…) making me want to knit, I can’t ignore the growing feeling of I WANT A CAT. Maybe I’ll just have another baby instead. 😉
Thanks, all!!
Christine – He does sleep, but he always keeps one eye open to see if I’ll do something that needs his assistance.
Mama_Tulip – Hee hee. My work here is done! 😉 Actually, since you don’t need to gestate or breast feed a cat, I’d skip the baby and just get a kitten…
Beautiful socks! A blobless photo – who’da thought we’d see the day. That cat is falling down on his responsibilities!
I love the idea of International Pyjama Day! I tend to hang out in my PJs on a Saturday when I know I haven’t got to go anywhere.
Great socks! They look really lovely. I hope mine turn out as nice. I like the idea of the scarf and I’m now thinking of who I could give it to as a gift… Was Chaos sulking because they were shiny not quite red socks and not SRMs?
That’s got to be a first. No blob. Hmmm, maybe he had better things to do. A nap sounds like just the thing right now!
I don’t see the socks!
NOw I see it! I love them! And the cute scarf.
FO’s! I’m jealous. The socks and scarf look good.
Nice Jaywalkers, especially the color. I’m going to have to break down and break down make a pair one of these days.
And to think I spent all of yesterday in my pj’s without even knowing what day it was!
Beautiful socks. Good-looking blob, too, only mine’s even better at the blobbiness – she fills whatever space she’s in, like rising dough.
Cool socks. I mayhave to try that Jaywalker pattern after all.
Good lord, that is the yawn that ate Minneapolis!
Love the scarf and socks. Can’t believe Chaos didn’t model with the socks!
Love it!
love the scarf! my last ball of jo sharp was full of “hay”
I laughed when i saw chaos! he cracks me up!
has the muppet landed?
great scarf. i love the socks, wonderful color. Love the Chaos pics, keeping up with all your knitting seems to have exhausted him.
aww…the little monster actually rests.
beautiful scarf! thanks for the tip about the silkroad… if i ever use it, i’ll pre-treat it.
LOVE the scarf!
LOVE the socks!
LOVE the cat!
I need to know how long it takes you to finish these things. Amazing.
Might I just say… I LOVE your picture captions. You crack me up chick.
I like the Jo Sharp yarn – I made a hat out of it, and you are right, it really does soften up.
Great looking socks! Love the red!
The socks rock! What do you think about the fit? Is there anything you would do differently? Do you think doing them toe-up changed them at all?
~Eileen
Yay for the Jaywalkers! The colour is fab – reminds me of the Cherry Tree Laceweight I’m using at mo – very lush indeed!
How did you like knitting the Anne? I keep seeing it online but haven’t seen it in person yet. The socks look great, too. Any fit problems, like I’ve heard can happen with that pattern?