Wednesday seems like a good day for WIPs, so here are mine.  Scarves.  There is the handspun yoke sweater but I’ve run out of yarn and haven’t been able to go to Joann’s to pick up some more, so I’ll have to wait a bit before I can work on it any more.  I also ran out of yarn for my mom’s scarf which is about half as long as it needs to be and I’m spinning more for it now.  I have a little over two thirds of my singles spun and I should be able to finish them either tonight or tomorrow and start plying tomorrow.  I still wish I had an endless supply of this roving so I could knit everything I make out of it, it’s that nice.  The little black lacey blob you see there is about half of the edging of a scarf from Victorian Lace Today, you can kind of see it in the picture from the book.

Here’s a better shot of the edging, stretched out a bit.  This is called “Scarf with French trellis border from Weldon’s 1890 and bramble leaf center” (such a romantic name, eh?) and I’m using some KnitPicks Shadow in Midnight Heather that is leftover from Irtfa’a.  The directions have you knit the edging first then bind off and pick up stitches along the top for the center of the scarf, then knit the other edging which is attached as you go.  This is half of the first edging which is taking a ton of concentration to knit.  The top section is stockinette stitch with the lace patterning every other row (so on the wrong sides you just purl) while the bottom section is garter stitch with lace on every row (plus increases on on each row and one row with bind offs to make the points).  There’s just a lot going on at one time so it requires attention and time, it isn’t good computer knitting.  That said, it is awfully pretty and interesting to knit (which to me is more important than how it looks).

I’m going to start the coffee and get things ready for dinner (waffles).  Maybe I’ll post my spinning tomorrow.