This picture made me fall in love with the pattern though the knitter of this bag told me that her yarn didn’t hold up well to use (pilled and turned ratty looking).

Pattern requires bulky yarn and I don’t have much. I’m not sure how the multi-colored part will work out but the yarn is smooth enough that there should still be good enough stitch definition to resist being drowned out by the color changes. Also the yarn is predominately an intense maroon with splashes of other colors.

It wasn’t til I took the photo of the swatch the next day that I realized that one of the other colors was a dk green. There’s a surprising range of color in the yarn so should make for an interesting bag!

Not sure if I’m going to keep it for myself or give it away as a present to someone else. We’ll see.

Oh I also knitted some more on the square for “Dark Doe”.

I couldn’t help it, the ball winder had arrived and I just had too much fun finally taking care of numerous half used ‘about to be a complete snarled mess’ skeins of yarn and winding them into neat yarncakes.

I even did the opened skein of expensive Colinette Giotto that was already too messed up to be able to use easily. Now I think finally all the mental obstacles I had about starting my Waterlily Top project with that yarn have been eradicated.

I took care of my “being afraid of making my first garment for myself in an expensive yarn only to wind up with something that doesn’t fit at all” fear by knitting it first in a cheaper yarn (Berroco Zen Colours). Now the “oh god it’s too much of a mess to be able to knit with, I’ll be stopping every 20 stitches to untangle another yard’s worth to knit with” is gone too cause no more mess!

I was so into it that I even dug out some snarled messes of Microspun skeins that I bought because it was on clearance for a great price and I knew I wouldn’t mind unsnarling it when the day came I finally got myself a ball winder. And I was right!

I am sometimes, so easily amused.

I think the only knitting I got done was a few rows of a new square for another Fuzzy Bunny. When I finished the Tudora, A & I were talking about the Fuzzy Bunny and how a mutual friend adored the pictures of the pink one I’d made. She suggested that I make one for him in all black and I was holding the remainder of the skein of Patons Brilliant which was plenty for making a square for Fuzzy Bunny with. Perfect! It’ll be the smallest one yet as I think I finally hit the recommended 6″ size from the pattern. Will just have to figure out something suitable for tail, something silvery I hope.

* I finished knitting the white square for Fuzzy Bunny #1. The Bernat Caress yarn is a nice one, thick and fluffy but you can still clearly see the stitches unlike the yarn used for Fuzzy Bunny #2. No pictures yet.

* I added the red fringe to Candy Cane Scarf #2. Just need the white and it’s finally done but no idea where it was. The scarf itself has been finished for months but I had finishitis and didn’t make it past weaving in all the remaining ends.

If I make another scarf in this pattern, I’m going to do the “slipping of the final stitch” that I’ve learned that helps make the edges neater looking.

I also really like how soft it is. Made it from Lion Brand Microspun yarn which is probably annoying to some to knit with because the plies come apart so easy. You have to be careful that you’re not sticking the needle THROUGH the yarn. But my only beef with it is that its so slickly soft that the ends keeps slipping out. I worry that if I keep having to trim the little edges sticking out, it’ll eventually get snipped back to the bind off point.