Multiple Craftonalities

I finished the lacy Noro scarf, but I don't have a photo yet. I still have to block it and weave in the ends (not necessarily in that order), and I don't imagine that is getting done any time soon.

After a week of stay-cation, I am back at work and Monday night was busy-busy and I imagine tonight will be just as busy as we have a birthday dinner for a 6 year old to attend tonight.

I did start a new quilting project that I am really excited and happy about. I can't wait to have time to take some snaps and show them. It is very summery and bold. I have 5 blocks done and 6 partially completed.

I have a good feeling about this one...

I'm going to make an effort to get some pictures posted tonight. I can't wait to see how I do with that.

That's what I thought at first...

I am just about at the end of this skein of Noro, so that means the scarf is almost complete.  Yaaaayyy!  I really like it, but there is one little thing that is really bugging me though.  Near the beginning of the skein, there was that gold and orange color sequence that had been hiding inside the skein and I didn't really like it.  I thought it would be fine, so I just knit on.

Then I got to the second half of the skein and, lo and behold, there is a knot tied in the yarn right after the brown section.  The brown section was tied to the GRAY section.  Imagine that.  It would almost cause one to think that somebody else didn't quite like the gold and orange section either, and they cut it out, which is great, but why didn't they cut it out both places?

I guess it is a good thing I wasn't knitting a pair of socks with this skein of yarn, because they never would have matched.  I am a little irritated by the situation, but it is what it is I suppose.  There's always got to be some little niggling thing about a project, and the gold and orange sequence is it on this one.  Ugh!

Sometimes yarn can disappoint.  I never used to think that, but I am learning that even premium yarns one buys at a yarn shop can be crap I mean less than perfect.  I'm remembering the Art Yarns merino that was kind of pricey and almost every skein was so full of knots it was just ridiculous. 

Other than that, I am really close to being finished with this.  I'm looking forward to seeing it after it's blocked. It sort of reminds me of a roll of Lifesavers candy.  I realize there are not brown, gray, or blue Lifesavers, but I will still think of this as my Lifesavers scarf.