Knitting, Sci-fi and other stuff...

      I finished Killer Queen Cowl and That Nice Stitch Bandana.  I trimmed the ends and got final pictures today. Killer Queen Cowl That Nice Stitch Bandana Both of these were made from Malabrigo Rios.  Killer Queen in the Pisces and Leo colorways and That Nice Stich in what I'm assuming is Indiecita.     I've also overcome my knitters block, sort of.  I've started another  Get a Shift On .  I have a multitude of Malabrigo Sock leftovers from several projects so I'm changing up several colors and doing another one.  When I took the progress photo today I realized its rather autumnal looking.  I'm debating my next color choices now.  I'm not sure if I should keep going as I had sort of planned or if I should stick to a more fall scheme.   This is Eggplant as the main color, Lettuce as the CC1, Cameleon as CC2 and Terrecotta as CC1.  The Cameleon blends a little too much with the Eggplant but works well with ...

      Its been an eventful two weeks, not in a good way either.  I'm not really ready to go into all the details but the job my husband was supposed to start fell through.  I had already given notice at my second job, but a really great opportunity dropped into my lap instead.  More on that later.  My full time job is keeping me extra busy with a ton of new tasks and projects.  I'll be starting the validation process for yet another new instrument later this week.  (That's number three if anyone is keeping score.)       Sadly, I've gotten a case of knitters block or executive disfunction, whatever it should probably be called.  I want to knit, I just have so many potential projects at my disposal I start none of them instead.  I did seam Killer Queen Cowl yesterday, finally.  I also washed, partially dried and blocked both Killer Queen and That Nice Stitch Bandana.  They are both still drying.  Fin...

    I finished knitting  That Nice Stitch Bandana .  I seamed it and got the ends woven in.  I need to wash and block it yet.  It looks snug in the neck area but it fits over my head fine and is cozy but not too tight around my neck.  This was a quick and fun knit, I highly recommend. I haven't made anymore progress with my  Killer Queen Cowl .  I'm going to seam it first then wash and block it, I think.  Then I can do both these cowls at the same time.     I'm not sure what to knit next.  I have the yarn ready for the Butterfly Papillion; I also have the yarn ready for the 2023 LYS Day shawl from Art Yarns and yarn ready for yet another shawl....  I may need to do a dishcloth or two to get over this startopenia.     The kids dyed eggs yesterday.  We used a "Superhero" kit and a "Galaxy" kit.  I've had these kits for a number of years now and the liquid dye that was in the Galaxy kit had crystalize...

      I finished the knitting on my Killer Queen Cowl before I left for my work trip.  I haven't done anymore with it since I returned.  It needs to be blocked and seamed. I realized as I was nearing the end of this knit that I would need something to take with me on my trip.  Stitchnerd just published a new cowl pattern and at least three people in the Malabrigo Junkies group have already made it.  It only takes one skein of Rios and I had a nice variegated one already wound so I tossed everything in my bag to take with me.  I started this in my hotel room while I was on my trip. That Nice Stitch Bandana Cowl My trip went well.  The drive was just a little less than 5 hours down.  I took the "short" way down which involved a county route that goes around the old Erie canal locks.  I haven't taken that way in a long time, there was construction and then more construction in Utica when I needed to get on Interstate 90.  It was a...

    I got sidetracked last weekend and never got around to posting.  I finished  Get a Shift On! , finished weaving in the ends, washed it and blocked it.  I've even worn it twice already.  I was worried right at first it would be narrow but it came out a really good scarf size in the end. Its been really rainy here so I had to take the "glamor" shots under fluorescent light, but oh well.  This was a fun pattern and I still have left overs.  I'll probably be making another one at some point with a little different color scheme.     I worked on this exclusively once I started it.  So once I finished it I went back to  Killer Queen Cowl  and I've made some good progress on it.  I've done a little more than what's pictured.  I'm into the decreases now. I n other news, I met up with some former co-workers last weekend for dinner and wound up with a commission.  My very knitworthy friend Jim asked me if I would k...

    I haven't made any more progress on my Killer Queen Cowl.  I put that to the side so I could make progress on  Get a Shift On!   I've made quite a bit of progress.  I'm on the last contrasting color now, then its into the fade portion.  I can't find my scale so I wasn't able to measure my scraps before starting.  I don't know if I'll have enough of each color for the fade portion... so this may get interesting very soon.  The stripes didn't take very much so I'll have left over left overs from this.  It's been really fun so far, so I see another in my future. Get a Shift On! It took me a little bit to figure out my color order but this is what I've done so far.  The MC is Eggplant.  CC1 is Dewberry, CC2 is Abril, CC3 is Anniversario, CC4 is Solis, CC5 is Indiecita, CC6 Aguas and CC7 is Plomo.  Its all Malabrigo Sock.  I've been knitting this at a pretty tight gauge compared to the pattern.  I don't care for s...