My current tote-it-around knitting project has been a lace scarf, knit in the old "Crest O' the Wave" Shetland pattern. I've talked before about how I like these old patterns; I like the sense of honoring the past and using something that has been tried before and works and looks nice.

I'm using a Dream In Color yarn (a sockweight) that has little strands of silver shot through it (Yes, it was rather expensive. Too expensive, I decided, to make socks out of, which would likely wear out before a dressy scarf.)



Lace grows slowly, though I will say I've pretty much only worked on this lately (a) while waiting on getting, and waiting to be sure I don't have a bad reaction to, allergy shots, (b) invigilating an hour-and-fifteen exam in GenBio, (c) invigilating a one-hour exam in Ecology. (And I plan to bring it Friday for my third bout of invigilating in 10 days)

I am showing it next to my pettitoes so you can get an idea of the scale. It's perhaps 1/4 to 1/3 done.

I have to say, I like the whole knitting-while-invigilating thing. It seems very "old school" to me - almost a bit Harry Potter-ish. I tuck the ball of yarn up under one arm, tuck the end of the scarf under the other, and walk about the classroom (to make sure there are no "roving eyes" even though I have made up "Form A" and "Form B" with scrambled questions so someone attempting to copy from a neighbor would get the wrong multiple-choice answer, and a totally nonsensical short-essay answer)

No one ever asks me what I'm making, though.



Here's a close-up of the pattern. If it looks a bit "off" in places, that's simply because it's not blocked. I've been very careful to count yarn overs and such to make sure I didn't get off track.

I think you can maybe see a bit of the silver sparkle in that shot. It's very hard to see, even in the yarn - you have to look for it.