green big quail softie

Grey brown marl 'a little something'

A little progress on my 'a little something' scarf using Patons Kroy Gray Brown Marl. 

Striped hexipuffs

Because I've memorized the pattern, I keep making these.  

Green little quail softie

Feet up

Drew this with an old Pentel Energel I really like that was discontinued a couple of years ago. 

Clarendon scarf

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Just finished knitting this scarf except for the blocking.  It doesn't get cold here in Birmingham until November so I have time.

This is the first hat I've ever knitted (which I finished earlier this year), and the first scarf I've knitted since I was a kid.  It's the first scarf I've made that's not a simple garter stitch. 

The best part about knitting a simple scarf to me is that you don't have to have a lot of time or focus when you sit down to knit. Getting to a good stopping point only takes a minute or two so you can knit in that off moment when you're waiting somewhere or while you're watching TV.  It can keep you productive.

I want to make this scarf again.  Next time I'll make it wider, like it is in the Clarendon pattern from this book, Simple Hip Knit Scarves, and also weave yarn through the holes and make a fringe at each end. 

    

Linen "A little something" scarf

Im enjoying knitting with this linen shibui yarn.  The color is caffeine. The yarn itself is knitted and very strong and slightly irregular in thickness. 

Michel Gondry

Right now I'm reading Who Rules the World?  by Noam Chomsky.  Seems like an important read.  I want to watch Gondry's movie about Chomsky, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?.

I missed his new film, Microbe & Gasoline, so that's on my list too.  Always enjoy a Michel Gondry movie.

Cara Adams's fused glass

Cara Adams makes colorful fused glass.  She and her work are a lot of fun and I was so glad her booth was next to Fort Softie at the Irondale Arts Council art show this weekend. Saturday morning she gifted me this bug.  So sweet!