A quick update, mostly yarn related

Look at that corrugated ribbing! Which I haaaaaate to knit but love to look at.

I’ve been working on my mittens¹ for the project I talked about two weeks ago. I suspect this will be the first pair of many but that many of those pairs won’t be nearly as fancy. We’ll see how it goes.

Also in the knitting sphere, I finished yet another Hitchhiker scarf. This one is from a skein of Uncommon Everyday 100% superwash merino in Turbillion that I bought in Iceland but that was produced in the U.K. The colors, however, reminded me of certain parts of Iceland, which are a rich gray with pops of unexpected colors here and there.

It looks sort of washed out here. Blame my photography skills. It’s way more lovely in person.

It is now on its way to the person I believe ought to have it, which is what I do with all of these Hitchhikers. I love the knitting and I love using skeins of souvenir yarn. I do not need yet another knitted scarf.

As you know Bob, I am obsessed with Isabella Bird. There is an electronic archive of her photographs at the National Library of Scotland. I was looking for something else and stumbled on this one, which she took of Christian missionaries in China in the late 1890s. The one who is knitting seems like she’s up to something, yes?

Two new pieces by yrs trly that you can read:

1. I had the honor of visiting Thistle Hill Weavers and talking with Rabbit Goody, who is a wonder. If only it were a little bit closer, I’d work there in a heartbeat.²

2. Indoor track season is coming to an end. I’ll miss it, sorta. This may be a sign of Stockholm Syndrome.

Not written by me but related to a story I linked to earlier: Of course there is now a Goop equivalent for the menopausal. OF COURSE.

Finally, something to swoon over: an opulent rail journey.³

1. I intend to use yarns from my basement stash (not code). We’ll see how that goes, too.

2. In a perfect world, I’d also write Rabbit’s life story. She has lived a life and made it her own.

3. Anyone have a spare 10,000 Euro to throw my way? I’d write about it and take some pictures, if you’d like.