Karaoke Cable Scarf
Okay, I busted on the whole Knitting Olympics thing. My knitting came to a screeching halt on the first Wednesday morning of the Olympics when I found out that my Oma (Dutch for “grandmother”) had passed away in the night. All thoughts of knitting and following cabling patterns went out of my head as I sat in my San José hotel room (and conference) trying to figure out ways to shift my travel plans from Finland to North Carolina. I ended up flying home as scheduled that night, and then flying out again for North Carolina the next morning.
The Celtic Knot Afghan has only progressed two rows beyond that last picture because I just couldn’t concentrate on it. It went to North Carolina with me, but stayed in the suitcase.
As I was packing, though, I saw the two skeins of Karaoke yarn that Adelle had sent as a surprise. I needed something soft and pretty and soothing, so I quickly scooped those into my laptop bag and printed out the pattern she’d sent, the Karaoke Cable Scarf. It’s a quick pattern, easy to memorize, and infinitely comforting to knit as your mind whirls through things that it just can’t grab hold of. The yarn is beautiful — look at that stitch definition! — and makes this soothing “shussh” as it goes over my bamboo needles. Very calming. It was just what I needed, and I’m glad I had this project for this time.
I’ll get back to the afghan … I did two more rows during the Finland-Sweden hockey match. But, just like my USA Hockey team and Sasha Cohen, the gold is not mine this year.
See you in Vancouver for the 2010 attempt. (I mean, come on — like I care about the summer games!)
