Progress all the way around

Thank all that is holy that I’ve got a month of uninterrupted Peri. That’s my January motto. We are gelling, baby. Gelling. It’s about what I expected at this point, but still a relief.

On the yarn front, it’s gelling as well. Honestly, one of the things I like about knitting is that you can make progress in a shorter time. Okay, taking a month or two to finish a project might seem like a long time, but when your usually delayed gratification takes two years, a month is fast.

My gauge for the Frank Lloyd Wright scarf is just about finished. I’m still debating whether to slip the black stitches on the purl sides instead of purling them to give it a smoother finish. If you knit, you might be able to see where I tried it out in the above gauge, but don’t look too closely. I did leave a few mistakes here and there since, golly, it is just a gauge. Also, I��like the way the slight variations in the yarn itself give a stained glass look, but now I’m wondering if a more crisp yarn might result in a more polished finish. Either way, I do want to put a back on this thing, and that will keep me busy until I get the yarn I want–whatever it turns out to be. I usually knit the back right along with the front, but with three yarns already in play, it was getting a little crazy. I’ll knit a back separate and just mend them together. Or maybe pick up stitches and go that way. . . Mmmmm. Looks like I’m going to at least have a Frank Lloyd Wright pot holder if nothing else!