For the Red Scarf Project.
Yarn: most of 1 skein (108yd/98m)Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in cranberry and 1 entire skein (84yds/76m) Lion Brand Jiffy Thick & Quick, in a variegated red (#210 according to the label) in each scarf. The color in picture on the right is fairly accurate, although the picture is kinda dark.
Needles: US#13, scarf on left, and US#15 scarf on right. The one on 13s is a tad bit stiff; the one on 15s is just right.
Pattern: Knit lengthwise in garter stitch, alternating one row of each color, starting and ending with a red row. I cast on either 120 or 135 st for the one on 13s (can't remember), which is 64" long, and 100 st for the one on 15s, which is about 55".
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In other so-called news, here is our Saturday sky:
The entire sky was solid overcast gray, dull as ditchwater (or dishwater, if you prefer), except for two parallel strips of rumpled clouds looking for all the world as if a giant tractor had driven there and left tracks.
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When I came home from work on Friday I found that my husband and sons and installed the practically-brand-new Maytag front-loader washer we inherited from my MIL several years ago and which had been lurking in our garage ever since. To their additional credit -- gold stars all around! -- they had removed the 30-year-old Whirlpool it replaced; it was already loaded into the van for its final trip to Goodwill. My first thought, unfortunately, was not, "Oh, how wonderful! I have an almost-new washer!" No, I thought, "Damn, where am I going to felt stuff now?!"
Note to my husband if he is reading this: The above paragraph is a in-joke for knitters. I love the new washer. I adore that you guys installed it for me. Thank you all many times over. On those very, very, extremely rare occasions that I want to felt something I'll happily go to the laundromat.
