Morhouse Merino Belladonna Scarf

First off -- thank you all for the comments about the Phil'Onde pullover. I don't think I've ever gotten so much positive feedback on a sweater before. I feel a bit like Sally Field. This sweater does make me quite happy. It's going to get its first outing when I arrive in San Francisco at the end of the week. I'm saving it as a special treat to myself for the trip out.

After the Phil'Onde pullover, my next little finished item seems a bit anti-climactic. It was a project I started to give myself a little relief from all the ribbing going on with the Phil'Onde project and Audrey. It also went to class with me and just generally became my travelling project since I didn't feel like dealing with socks.

On Saturday and Sunday I spent a lot of hours in the car travelling back and forth to Stockton (near Galena), IL for a friend's wedding. That proved to be an excellent opportunity to finish up another quick and easy project, the Belladonna Scarf kit that I purchased from the Morehouse Merino booth when I was at Maryland Sheep and Wool.

Pretty amaxing what you can do with some water and some pins. This scarf went from barely extending all the way around my shoulders to practically a full sized shawl -- it's about 2 feet deep and a little over 4 foot wide. Garter stitch coupled with lace weight wool is neat stuff that way. I did a full soak in Eucalan with this scarf in hopes that it would soften a bit. It most definitely did! I'm also happy to report that it didn't bleed at all.

Amazing What A Little Blocking Will Do

The photo was taken in the morning, but it was pretty overcast. The colors refuse to do what I would like them to. Those areas that look almost pink are actually regions of Shreky green and purple running together. You can see a swatch that is a little truer to the colors below:

Morehouse Merino Lace Weight Up Close

So what am I working on now? Well, I'm going to switch back to socks now for my travelling projects since I have several pairs started that need to be finished up. As for a bigger project, I think it's time to give Audrey my full attention. Audrey also has the benefit of being very happy on my Denise needles, so it's a good project for the plane ride to San Francisco and back.

The rest of this week is going to be rather un-knitful. With my project due date coming up quickly, most of my evening time is going to be devoted to getting things up and working. It also means that I'm probably not going to be very good at answering my email quickly, although I will try to do what I can. I'll be sharing my progress on the project this week, complete with screen shots so that I can get feedback on the direction I'm going in.

A number of very kind people have volunteered to beta test for me. I'm not quite ready for that yet, but I will definitely want some help with that when I get a little farther along.