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Just found out my little tan flower pin was featured on the FRONT PAGE of Etsy the other night! That explains all the views it had, and the reason it sold the other night. I'm very excited to have something featured on the front page for the first time :-)

ugh!

...thought i was doing well with my Alpaca DROPS turtleneck sweater... I got down to 2" before the end of the sleeve and came to the sad realization that I will probably have to re-do it. I have a little pouchy thing in the armpit from maybe picking up too many stitches under the arm. (See below).It may not be totally noticeable if you're not looking for it, but it will bother me, and I might as well do this right. So I will try the other arm differently to see if I can get rid of that before I rip this arm out. I had hopes of wearing the sweater on Monday or Tuesday before we left for Florida, but it will have to wait til mid-February now. Oh well!


In other news, I realized I was sent the wrong color from Fabulousyarn - for my Plymouth Homestead. So I brought it to their attention and they sent me the correct color (the darker one) and a prepaid label to return the lighter color. I'm a little bit torn now though, I hope the darker color isn't too dark to show off some of the cables on the assymetrical cardi, but I don't want to be annoying and send back the yarn I made a stink about to begin with. I think I like the darker color better anyway...

Airplane Knitting

We're going to Florida to visit my in-laws (it's weird to say that) Feb 10th - 15th.

I haven't yet decided what knitting project to bring with me!

I have a problem in that several of my current works-in-progress are not the most portable. Or they might take up my entire carry-on. For example my Hemlock Ring throw:

I have used 3 full skeins of Cascade 220 Superwash so far (4 more to go). I'm up to round 103 on the chart I think, so it's getting kind of big. Last time I measured I estimated I had over a 3' diameter, but I've done probably 10+ rows since that point. So anyway, that option is out.

My other project is the Alpaca DROPS pattern with the turtleneck, I only have the sleeves left, as I mentioned recently - and I'm hoping to finish those before we leave.

The Somewhat Cowl just needs the neck sewn on, so that's not enough to be worth bringing with me.

Another option:

I wanted to knit a little something for one of my friends whose birthday is coming up and I decided on a scarf. So I went to Pins and Needles the other day, and found this Blue Sky Alpacas Alpaca Sport on sale for 25% off! (Despite the name, it's DK weight).I would have liked to have used the BSA Suri Merino I have previously mentioned, but can't really swing $32 for the 2 skeins I'd need for a scarf at the moment. So I was happy to find this stuff, which is almost as soft and it ended up coming to ~$12 for the 2 skeins (and then I had a $20 off coupon, which made those 2 skeins and a set of needles practically free!) Anyway, I think I decided on this pattern, the Diagonal Lace Scarf by Helena Frank.

People on Ravelry seem to think this scarf can really roll though, so I might try a different edging, like the one on my Prismatic Scarf, where there's a knitted-in I-cord edging to prevent rolling instead of the garter stitch shown.

My only reservation is that her birthday is while we will be away, and I would have liked to give it to her before we leave, but I'll just have to give it to her a few days late when we get back.

This will definitely be portable, but I'm concerned I will finish it too fast and have nothing to knit on our way back Sunday night.

So, here's a project that wouldn't be tooo too big.
I came across this DROPS pattern the other day and I like it, "111-7 Drops jacket with raglan in silke-alpaca"

I was thinking since my second Anthro-inspired capelet has been sitting in a basket for approximately the last year (largely due to the fact that I knit past the bust and forgot to put any button holes along the way) - Maybe I could rip it out (It's Knit picks Shine Worsted in Black) and turn it into the DROPS pattern. Looks like I have enough yardage, I already know the gauge of the yarn, and it's seamless. I know wearable-items aren't necessarily the best for travel knitting, but I don't have any other scarves I need to make, and all the other items on my to-do list are larger.

Anyway, I think that's my plan for now.