DONE

The Darn Scarf is DONE. I ended up using 4 skeins of the Elann Highland Chunky Oatmeal Heather, 2 skeins of the Chocolate and 1 of the Chestnut. The picture to the right is how much yarn was left of the last skein when I decided enough was enough when it reached 98 inches long and both ends matched. It is now being blocked one half at a time, as the animals love to run wild and there is no place that is long enough to do the whole thing at one time and to keep the animals off of it.

I want to thank everyone who offered suggestions for adding to the other cast-on end of the scarf. I started by picking up the stitches on the cast on end, however it left a bump in the scarf which I didn’t like the feel of. So I put in a life line about 2 inches down from the cast on end, and cut the cast on row off. I then cleaned up the end, picking out all the junk and until there was one clean row and picked up my 30 stitches and kept on going until both ends of the scarf matched.


Now I can finish of the other scarf (the one for DD1’s boyfriend) once I gather up all the yarn and buy a new set of needles. My silly cats like to pick the yarn up in their mouths and carry it all over the house as you can see by these pictures. And then Lola (the Chihuahua) likes to help them out by chewing on the ends of the bamboo circulars. Of course, these are the circulars that are covered with the blue dye from the yarn, so I guess she did me a favor? Don’t ya love the 4 legged children in our lives?


NOTE-
It is warmer here than it is in GA, what is wrong with this picture?
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Happy New Year and Friday Fill-ins (late)

Happy New Year (or at least Happy New Fiscal Year). Overtime is done (for a week or so) and them I get to start compiling data for management, which is very tedious. However I am so lucky to have a job that provides me enough income to feed my family, care for my pets and put a roof over our heads, that I will quit complaining. And the best part is, I am off until Monday (Note- I wrote this Tuesday evening, but was way too tired to post)

Now that I am no longer working 7 days a week, I can complete some of the many projects I have started, and maybe start a couple of new ones. Biiig problem though, I cannot find my knitting needles, not my set of Options, none of my DPs, or most of the accessories that go with them. ,While we were living in the hotel, it was all contained in a bag that my daughter had gotten me for Christmas last year. Now that we are in the house I cannot find them anywhere, which will be affecting my knitting. So tomorrow, I will be tearing all of the closets apart looking for them just the fact that I am not sure where they are is driving me nuts. Picture me chasing my tail.



1. October means apples, flying kites, hot fires, and leaves.
2. I don’t know what scare me!
3. Leaves are falling all around, it's beautiful (as long as I am not the one doing the raking.
4. My favorite horror movie is I do not like any horror movies because I saw one (the Bride of Frankenstein) as a child and have hated them ever since.
5. Family get togethers = good memories.
6. It was a dark and stormy night the last time I lit the fireplace.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning the loft, tomorrow my plans include building a new desk/computer area and Sunday, I want to knit!