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Not the best picture, perhaps.

This two-day wonder was knit on #8 Inox dpn’s with Reynolds Rapture, 50% silk/50% wool. I love this yarn. Soft. Warm. I want to make myself a sweater out of it. [One really not cheap sweater.] With a hood maybe.

This, on the other hand, is a Winter Solstice present:

The yarn is Debbie Bliss Soho. I bought one ball to play with, liked it and bought three more (same dye lot) to make a scarf, then bought a fifth (same dye lot) because I thought it would be too short. The first three balls were consistent: the same varying of thickness, a balanced color palette and minimal pooling. The fourth was wound too tightly; there are thin, ropey spots in the scarf. The fifth was muddy, so muddy that I only used half the ball and finished off sooner than I had hoped. I still like the way it turned out though.

Personally, I think that the Soho is too scratchy for anything worn next to the skin, but J thinks it’s fine. Guess who’s family is getting this one?

Note: The Soho bleeds dye profusely in the first wash. I’m glad I wet-blocked this and rised it thoroughly. It would have ruined a coat in a rain or snow storm.

It would probably felt nicely.

I’m working on a length-wise scarf using the Reynolds Rapture. The first twelve rows were interesting, but now I’m bored. I like patterns.

A co-worker retired today: 37 years. She started working at the firm when I was 10.

Funny, she’s seemed a lot happier than the rest of us.