So. "Revenons à nos moutons," as the old saying goes.

I finished a couple of longer-term projects during my trip:



This is a scarf, seed-stitch, made out of Lion Suede. I liked the colors but will say I'm not mad about knitting with this yarn. The pattern is from the label; it calls for two balls but the scarf you see here used only one. For a decorative type scarf (rather than a warm scarf - what was it Elizabeth Zimmerman said about hats? There are ones to keep you warm and ones you think make you look cute?) I think one ball suffices. Two balls would have either made a ridiculously long scarf or else you would have used part of the second ball and then be left with a yarn that really wouldn't coordinate with anything else but more Lion Suede. (Hmmm...maybe that's part of the appeal of novelty yarns, from the manufacturer's perspective. You can always use up dribs and drabs of good old plain worsted weight as stripes on mittens or a stranded design on a hat, but if the yarn has an odd weight or texture, the scraps aren't so usable unless you buy MORE of the same yarn.)



I also knit the second of the Regia Crazy gloves. There were a lot of weak places in the first ball (carpet beetles?) that required joins; the second ball was totally free of them. The gloves almost match. I used the basic glove pattern out of the Vogue on-the-go Mittens and Gloves book.



These are the "infamous" socks I referred to in a previous post. Regia Brasil ("Salvador" is the name of the color: they are all named for locations in Brazil). 64 stitches on size 2 needles. The ribbing is knit as long as the first joint on my thumb - I will have to remember that; it means less hauling-out of tape measures when knitting simple socks. The heel is the v-type or "half-handkerchief" heel; the heel flap is done in eye-of-partridge with a garter stitch edging. The toe is done as a round toe starting with k 6, k 2 tog.

I've also begun a new pair of socks - these using the "Aran Braid Socks for Teri" pattern that is on the Internet. I'm using a very pastel-ly JaWool variegated for these. No pictures yet; the socks aren't at a very photogenic stage right now.