60 Monday

Posted by Emily

Today is my mother's 60th birthday. Shh, though! She doesn't want anyone to know.

My family made the trip to Winona, MN to visit my grandmother today. A two hour drive one way means lots of knitting time! I started and finished what was supposed to be a Mobius Cowl, except I forgot add the twist when I stitched it together. Therefore, I'm calling it my UnMobius Cowl.

This was my first attempt at trying increases and decreases. It went fairly well, considering. I had one major screw up on my third pattern row which I was able to tink successfully and re-knit. The UnMobius Cowl has some issues, but they aren't obvious. Hopefully someone will want to wear it!

I used the raspberry Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick I wrote about early. Here's the Ravelry link to the project (and the pattern) if you're curious.

The two scarves I've been working on are finished as well. The first one looks very cool, but isn't that great. The second one made from the Claret Lion Brand yarn I mentioned in the previous post is really nice. It looks pretty good with my Patagonia vest too!

I got lots of compliments on it, so I'm rather proud. It's huge but very snuggly and warm!

Knitting club met last Saturday and it was so much fun. It's great to sit around, drinking coffee/tea, and chat with other women for a few hours. It's also fun to attract attention from passersby and have random conversations with cool, interesting people.

While we were knitting, an eldery Irish gentleman dropped by the coffee shop. Upon seeing us knitting, he told us this lovely story in his great Irish brogue. Imagine the accent while reading his paraphrased story (I wish I had a recording!):

"When I was a kid in Ireland, my mum used to knit sweaters for us all the time. One winter, she stepped outside to use the loo and I went over to her knitting and pulled some of it out. When mum came back, she had no idea who did it, but she was MAD. She figured it out though and got her revenge. She made me wear the thing when she finished! Had uneven sleeves and looked terrible!"

Hanging out in random coffee shops is a great way to meet interesting people, and is one of the best things about my knitting group!