Kah-nitting (Life List Update)

(Almost through these goals this summer – wait, is summer over?)

I have a hard time knitting in the summer.  There are so many other things I’d rather be doing.  Like eating a bowl of cereal, for one.  Love cereal.  Also, there’s just something so cozy about knitting in inclement weather, which ND specializes in.  I managed to crank out two projects this summer, giving up many a bowl of cereal, but it’s got me in the mood for some snuggly fall knitting.

(Ignore my chin trauma – I had a little bike accident last month)

This is a scarf pattern that I got from my dear friend Gina, who visited us earlier this summer and shipped home a 12 pound box of yarn after a long road trip and just a few visits to yarn stores across the country. A girl after my own heart.
It’s a baktus scarf but mine doesn’t really look like anyone else’s that I’ve seen, which leads me to believe I probably did something wrong.  It’s mushier…the middle point on mine is more of a soft curve and one side is really stretchy and my stitch tension was all over the map.  I think it had to do with my choice of yarn – a bulkier cotton – and also the fact that I am not fluent in Knit-Speak.  YO? K2TOG TBL? SSK? Gah. 

On an unrelated side note, my sister and I saw this funny quote in a used book store last weekend:
-Do you know what IDK means?
-I don’t know.
-UGH! No one knows!!
Har har.


Earlier this year, I made my first hat.  Then I made one for my sister because I like to share.  Except for really good pieces of pie or the last piece of bacon and probably a lot of other stuff.  Actually, I hate sharing.



Anyway, I liked this hat pattern with the cable so much, I turned it into a cowl!

(Ignore that weird string sort of hiding – I still have to weave it in)

I’ve had this super cozy merino/cashmere yarn for a little while and it was perfect for this project.  I have a deep and abiding love for chunky yarn.  Everything is better chunky.  Except for me.  And that happens when I hog pieces of pie and bacon.



It’s super warm – the equivalent of a log-fire-and-hot-cocoa for my neck.  You’re welcome, neck.  And chin, you can hide out in there too.

So, that’s it for summer knitting!  It’s all about autumn from here on out!