Voila! A Scarf!
Here is David, my sister's roommate. David is the nicest guy you will ever meet. He recently moved here from Mexico and is totally shocked at how warm cold it is. He requested a scarf, so I quickly whipped up a k1,p1 special.
And the Sienna Cardigan is finally out of the dark ages! I am working the back and two fronts at the same time and boy it took forever to get out of the stockinette hole. It's finally onto some shoulder shaping which is a very nice change. Once that's finished, all that's left are the sleeves and the trim, which should be easy-peasy.
Maybe you have noticed that there's a new button on the sidebar: Knit from your Stash! Now I'm not a hoarder of an overflowing amount of yarn, but I've got my share. And I'm not going to share a picture of it, because I tried that and it didn't turn out very good. Please don't make me haul it all out again.....trust me, there's a sweater or two, some cami's, a couple shawls, a log cabin blanket, and a ton of hats and mittens in that stash.
I think I could use a KAL like this to pair down on the yarn that I've been sitting on for, well, years. I buy yarn that has the best of intentions for projects, but seems to get lost in some plastic bag in the depths of our closets.* And as I get older I've learned how to live with less, so this seems like a good way to reduce the clutter with creativity.
Now, this KAL needs some modifications for my personal needs. Since I don't spin fiber I'm extending the get-out-of jail free card. I still have a free pass, but I am allowing myself one additional personal yarn purchase with the condition that this ticket can only be used if there is a kick-ass sale of at least 35% off.
Really, who can resist 35% off? I have weak knees for a good sale.
I shall leave you with Darla, who recently won our weird cat picture of the week. 
*yeah, right. closets....I wish.
David looks totally chuffed with that scarf, he will make good of it tomorrow methinks.
P.S. Mr B. is totally in love with Darla!
Posted by: Schrodinger | January 16, 2007 at 11:10 PM
hi! slightly off topic but i saw you had a las vegas photo album (I'm a sucker for Las Vegas vacation pictures) and noticed that your friend and I got married in the same in vegas, at little flowers and in the same magnolia chapel! Small world. anyhow i'm Nishanna, avid knitted and i'm not sure how you ended up on my google reader. Howdy!
Posted by: nishanna | January 16, 2007 at 11:16 PM
that scarf is awesome but not nearly as awesome as daria is. sorry. . . :P
Posted by: Sandra | January 16, 2007 at 11:21 PM
darla, i mean.
this is what happens when you try to comment without your glasses on.
Posted by: Sandra | January 16, 2007 at 11:23 PM
darla is a cutie!!! stockinette hole indeed. damn, that might just put me over the edge!
Posted by: gleek | January 17, 2007 at 08:04 AM
how nice of you to knit him a scarf! it is getting freaking chilly. and your cat! what a weirdo. ;)
Posted by: carrie m | January 17, 2007 at 08:23 AM
What a sly link to me! Are you sure you have enough yarn to knit for 9 months?... Think it over, and then come pick out something from my stash. I have 2 balls of Silk Garden up for grabs...
And, sheesh, that's an enormous amount of stockinette!
Posted by: Veronique | January 17, 2007 at 12:09 PM
I'm impressed! I can't quite bring myself to commit to no yarn for 9 months, my stash isn't big enough. Or maybe I'm in total denial. Perhaps if I adopted your 35% off rule I could do it?
Posted by: MeBeth | January 17, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Wow, I will have to keep on the lookout for good sales for you. I'm afraid my enabling skills will get rusty with all you girls knitting from your stashes!
Cute, cute cat photo.
Posted by: Jessica | January 19, 2007 at 01:24 PM
Darla is awesome. She looks like she is half asleep and sniffing the camera. Aw!
Posted by: Katie | January 19, 2007 at 05:06 PM
Does darning your socks count as a form of knitting?
Actually, what does darning mean?
Like "damning" someone, only slightly nicer?
Posted by: nicole | January 24, 2007 at 09:32 PM