The way my mind works...

So I signed up to do a knitting challenge through The Loopy Ewe. Sheri, the owner is doing a Camp Loopy this year which includes three challenges throughout the summer. The first challenge was to knit something I would wear around the camp fire such as a shawl or a scarf. The other part of the challenge is that it had to have two colors and it has to be knit between June 15th and July 15th.

At first I was going to do a pattern on Ravelry for a shadow illusion scarf, but then I got to reading the pattern and realized that I didn't think it would work well with my usual tight gauge. Now I have decided to write my own pattern because I want something very specific.

I am making this scarf as a Christmas present and I want to make it very specific for the person I'm making it for so I am "hiding" images of her favorite video game into the scarf. So not only am I writing the pattern, but I'm also writing the pattern for something I've never done before. I'm hoping that my brain is actually wrapped around this concept correctly because if it isn't then I will be doing a simple striped scarf for this challenge, or figuring out some other crazy thing to do.

Sometimes I hate the way my mind works and other times I love it. I look forward to seeing how this scarf project turns out so I an figure out which it will be this time.

The Trifecta of Clean

My cottage, car and desk are clean currently! I think this is the first time this has happened since I moved to SoCal. I am really enjoying it and want to keep it this way so I have been making myself pick everything up every night and every morning. This is going to get hard after the holidays. I know that I will come home after receiving many wonderful gifts from my family and not quite know where to put them. The nice thing is that I will have a few days off of work to relax and find a place to put everything.

My brother's scarf is moving along. I finished the first set of yarn balls and have moved onto the second set. The first set gave me a little over 20 inches so I will need at least 2 more sets, and will probably want to move into the third set before finishing the scarf. I really want the scarf to be over 6 feet long but may have to finish it at a shorter length due to a lack of time.

I started my second hat with some Merino yarn and am loving how soft it is. I'm excited that this will be a very warm hat for my sis-in-law.