It was chilly this morning–only in the 20s when I got up this morning. (And, even so, my Dad went golfing today. Mom and I think he’s crazy.) Mom and I, on the other hand, went out for coffee.

I brought my Kid Silk Haze scarf, and she brought a magazine. The color of my yarn is pretty accurate in this picture–kind of caramel-yellow. It’s really lovely, and I’m remembering why I liked KSH so much the last time I used it (my Birch shawl last year). I do still think that it’s going to take far too long to turn this little bit of lace into a full-length scarf. I’ve been working on it for almost a week now and it’s only about 7″ long–to make a real scarf? Endless. So what I’m thinking it, I’ll only work it to about 18-24″, but with a keyhole knitted in at some point–so that it’s just long enough to wrap around my neck, pull the end through itself, and just keep my neck warm. It’ll look pretty and ruffly, and anyway, if I made it yards long for a regular scarf, the lacy ends would just get caught on things and break anyway, right??

Afterwards, when the yarn shop was open, we went over because I wanted to buy some Cascade 220 for the Perfect Sweater, except, I was wrong–they don’t carry that yarn. I did buy another skein of Suede for my knitting bag, though–I want it to be just a little bigger than the pattern calls for because then, of course, I’ll be able to carry more yarn!

  This afternoon, Mom and I went to the movies. Yep. To see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I think they did an admirable job condensing that enormous, complex book into a reasonable-length movie. (For that book, two and a half hours IS reasonable.) I enjoyed it, acknowledged the changes they had to make to the story to make it work for a film, and had a good time. I do wish the boys–especially the Weasley boys–would get haircuts, though.

  I also worked on my sock. One of the two I’ve had languishing on the needles since July. Before we left, I took one off the needle to wait at home (my purse isn’t big enough for two balls of yarn), and brought the other to work on at the theater. During the movie, in fact. When I left the house, this was barely a toe–all the length you see was done while watching the movie.

  Unfortunately, my knitting is less than perfect when I can’t see, and I dropped a few stitches. I’ll have to see what I can do to fix this–that’s at least two on the edge (at the turn), and one in the middle on each side. Interestingly, I was counting the stitches as I knitted and never actually had less than 22 per side. I’ll try dropping stitches down to the holes and picking things back up again–because it’s worth a try–but I think it’s more likely that I’ll have to actually tear back go the first dropped stitch. Everything looks fine up until that point . . . I suppose I may have gotten involved in the movie, or distracted or something . . .

  It’s a pity, because I was really pleased to be making so much progress on a project that’s been sorely neglected lately. Which brings me to my next point. Have you heard about the Naked Stix Knit-along? The idea is to get the projects ON your needles now done by 2006. Isn’t that a great idea??

Here are the projects I want to get done:

1. My Union Square Market Pullover. I’ve got the body done and the sleeves are at about my elbow.
2. My Suede knitting bag–probably at about the halfway point
3. My little KSH neck-warmer scarf (see above)
4. And yes, this poor, neglected pair of socks.

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