Thinking Green

Thinking Green is a good epidemic, and those who know me would not be surprised that I consider it a personal challenge to overstuff the recycling cart. DS was not amused when he had to stand in it to compress it.

I've been working on this green scarf for a while... seems like forever, and it'll get put away until fall. I'll still love the colors when it resurfaces in the fall. The yarn is Yummy from Fibra Natura, and it took a little less than 1 skein for the whole thing. Blocked out, it's about 8.5" by 60".

I played around a bit trying to decide how to finish off the ends. I tried a couple of other stitch patterns before settling on this one.

I battled the wind trying to get a good shot of the lace. The dark red tree leaves are what replaced the snow-killed pink blooms from a few posts back. 

Finally, I bought blocking pins a couple of weeks ago knowing they would soon get used on this project. Exciting, huh? OK, I'm done talking about this scarf.

What's on the needles now? Something totally different and totally adorable. I'm working on Sophie. So far she has a head and a little bit of a neck. It's a quick little fun project for no real reason at all, other than I wanted to make it!

I'll sign off on a good note... ::drum roll::

DD22 found out yesterday that she got a job. She will iron out the details next week, but she'll be starting her first real. grown-up. full-time. job with her own benefits on May 18th, only 3 days after her Master's Hooding ceremony. I bet she'll still call me for recipe advice!