A few finishes from the world's slowest knitter

New Zealand Scarf

 

 

2010 socks

The scarf at the top is hand spun Border Leicester grey wool that I bought in New Zealand about this time last year.  We were nearing the end of our 12 day cruise down the east coast of Australia and up the east cost of New Zealand.  I had found and bought some lovely felted and knitted items, but found  no fleece or roving!  We were getting ready to watch a sheep show at the Agrodome and I left the gift shop with the tourist stuff knowing there had to be the good stuff somewhere nearby.  Sure enough, across the parking lot and around the corner, I found the building with the industrial carding equipment and lovely bags of roving!  Way cool!  The cream is alpaca wool blend from my friend Sharon.  On my list of things to learn was cables in knitting and I happened upon "The Very Easy Guide to Cable Knitting" by Lynne Watterson on a business trip.  The scarf is a sampler of cables and mock cables from the book.  There are lots of mistakes and several panels flip the front and back as I worked my way along.  I decided that I would learn and enjoy this piece even full of boo boos.  I love texture and  don't mind the flaws as the scarf is seldom flat.  The alpaca blend is so soft and snuggly and feels good against my neck. 
I always have a pair of socks in progress to work on during trips.  This pair took about a year to finish.  Toe up, one at a time in wonderful Japanese single yarn.  I didn't put ribbing in the top as I liked the way they rolled down.  This is something we can get away with in Florida.   Time to celebrate a few finishes in knitting.