Sometimes all you need is inspiration. GOOD (a well written blog post with beautiful pictures) or BAD (Berlin at the this time of the year).
It is cold over here, with drizzling rain coming from all directions. Yes, adorable crocusses everywhere, but no sun. I have been freezing all week.
When coming across Cassy’s blogpost the other day (see above: well written, beautiful pictures) on Knit the Hell out I knew instantly what I had to do:
KNIT! SOCKS!
And that’s what I am doing, using Regia (one ball of Design Line, 2902 – Kaffe Fassett I had in my stash).
However, it is not enough. One sock is done covering the ankle, the other one is getting there. I am undecided whether to keep them that short or to add some solid-color sock yarn. Maybe turquois. Maybe I’ll just go upstairs again and search for another skein. I am pretty sure I had two of those and it must be somewhere …
Another day of work, then Good Friday. On Saturday the son is coming back from his basketball tournament in Vienna. Easter Sunday and Easter Monday – two days off. Yay! I will enjoy plenty of Easter eggs of chocolate or candy, Easter egg hunts, and maybe even an Easter fire – wearing brand new socks toe-up.
And most probably I will check Cassy’s patterns again. There is still room for more socks in my drawer and the weather forecast supports that idea …

Too loud to make phone calls with each of the boys dribbling and bouncing (what feels and sounds like) hundreds of basketballs, I made it a habit to just sit and knit the time away.
I am knitting the scarf with Drops Kid-Silk, a mix of kid mohair and silk, leftover odd balls from my stash. Some blue, some light brown, some white. Orange will be next. Followed by purple (unless the scarf is big enough before that).
Weiß hat der Sohn gestern in der Schule verloren (nachdem es der dritte Loop ist, der nach dem Sport nicht mehr in der Umkleide gelegen haben soll glaube ich insgeheim natürlich an einen Fan, der von mir gestrickte Loops mitnimmt um sie zu Hause zu bewundern …); Grau hat der beste Freund des Sohnes zum Geburtstag bekommen und auch Rot ist längst fertig.
Schick sind sie. Herrlich weich und bequem, eher Rollkragen als wirkliche Loops.
Egal. Ich habe das Tuch trotzdem eben zu Ende gestrickt und dann direkt in die Waschmaschine gestopft. Da dreht es sich jetzt und ich warte auf ein Wunder. Dass es größer wird (das wird wohl klappen), regelmäßiger (da bin ich auch zuversichtlich) und weniger asymmetrisch (wird wohl nichts draus).





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