To organize my thoughts, here is an illustrated plan for my summer.
I have been dying to try one of these illusion projects and alas, stars! I am going to make a scarf in blue with yellow stars much like the blanket above. I will borrow the grid to help me with the star shapes. I am seriously excited about this!
We got the book "Knitting New Scarves" (great title?) from Borders a while ago but still haven't used it. I spun out my highlighter yellow wool yesterday and alas, produced nine entire yards. Not enough to make even a cozy out of but we were trying to come up with a project and the cover of the book had the answer! I will make the above scarf (reversible, yes!) using my precious yellow as the three little stripes in each section. This pattern is called the "Hourglass Scarf".
I found a project for my California wool / mohair! Since I have a limiting amount (176 yards total) I needed a project using minimal yardage. This uses around 90 to 100, which is perfect. The whole time I was on the trip I was thinking how I would love a pair of wristlets to cover where my sleeves won't go (Northface elasticized sleeves) but keep my fingers free for texting and camera purposes. I will also use this project to tackle my hatred towards dpn's.
Remember about that summer goal of making a sweater? I found one I liked. "Dolman Top" from "Knit So Fine" (I recently discovered that I could get knitting pattern books from my library. Duh, Rachel) will give me the mindless knitting I like to do during tv shows but I will learn how to shape dolman sleeves at the same time and ... knit a sweater! This will be my big knitting project before college.
Last but not least, my library ALSO has "Twinkle's Big City Knits", which is a revolution in and of itself. The "Hampton Halter" of course calls for Twinkle yarn which I do not have access to, and I'm a poor college-student-to-be, so Carons Simply Soft will be used (like the above Ravelry user). I am excited to make this!
Okay, maybe the halter wasn't last. I promised by boyfriend a scarf last year and never got around to it because I couldn't find the right pattern that was masculine enough but not boring. But, I have found it - the "Striped Illusion" scarf. I can do it in his college colors or be a little more creative - I'll ask him - but I won't tell what it will look like. Or maybe I won't even say what it is for? Hmm. Either way, he'll finally get a scarf from me before we part before college.
Of course, I still have a Tia vest, Montego Bay Scarf, and My So-Called Scarf to finish first. We'll see how that goes. My Montego scarf only has about a skein to go so it won't be long. I resolved the broken needle problem by putting it on circular needles - which I do not like knitting on because of the cord which always bends the opposite way you want it to - but after another skein and some serious fringe, I can move on. I finished the left side of my vest today (the back is done already) so it won't be long for that project either! The So-Called is being saved for colder weather.
That is all for now, sorry for the boring novel I just wrote. Knitting updates soon, and some highlighter yellow yarn photos next.