And the scarf winner is

The Maple Leaves scarf by Heartstrings, in Handmaiden Seasilk!

The good news is that this scarf grows quite quickly, the patterns simple, the yarn's delicious.

The bad news is that the yarn is a @!**!@ pain when it unravels.  I spent the entire evening last night trying to unravel the tangle.  Six hours, and it's still not untangled.  Once I publish this post I'm going to spend the rest of my lunch hour unravelling.

Doesn't the colour look different?  I'm sure it's down to office lighting and light coloured desks.  It's the wildflower shade, and fairly subdued in this yarn.  That knot is what I'm about to detangle.

Leapin' Lizards!
I've joined the Leapin' Lizards KAL.  What a fantastic project to use up noro stash!  I love the one shade Noro blanket, but will go for the one knitted in blocks, so that I can use up oddballs.  I daren't go and look through the Noro stash just yet, it's too tempting, and I want to finish off a few things first.  It's nearly impossible not to cast on, especially when I read the blog and see the squares.  I must stick to my guns though, and try to finish off a few things by the end of the month before I start anything else.
I've yarn and patterns for at least half a dozen things waiting in the wings. And Ally Pally. Cripes.

Comments

[Anita]

I'm using some laceweight silk and it stays inside a small plastic bag as I knit otherwise it just rolls around and takes off across the room resulting in tangles. Big timewaster!

I love the Noro blanket - did you see the note about learning to knit backwards to make the short rows go quicker? Have you tried that?!

[francoise]

Love the new KAL you've just joined. This blanket is fabulous!