Behind-the-Scenes Knitting

I've been doing a fair amount of knitting behind the scenes here chez girlwich, though I keep forgetting to photograph it and/or post the pics when I've taken them.

For instance, I made a rather cute little lavender garter-stitch heart pillow for my mom, but it's already been packed and shipped and unwrapped and exclaimed over, so no pic of that. But I guess when you've seen one lavender knitted heart, you've probably seen them all.

There's also the drop-stitch scarf, which was completed sometime last week, and washed and blocked (as much as I ever block anything, which is admittedly not much) and worn and admired by all and sundry. Okay, by two local knitting buddies.

I made myself take some pics, finally, once there was enough sunlight in this apt to do so (it's been a grey, rainyish, snowyish, icyish week, for the most part). And here's one of them, at least. I won't know until I finish this post whether you get the other one also, which just shows the end with the ruffled edge I decided to put on to firm up the drop stitches. It came out rather nice, though of course not especially square or perfect. But then, I am not much of a perfectionist - well, as a knitter, anyway. Other areas of life we can discuss at another time.

And now I am knitting some fingerless mittens, in still more Malabrigo (yes, I know, I have a lot). For two reasons: one, because I only have one pair of fingerless, and if I should (perish the thought!) lose one of them, I am screwed. Also, two, because I need a portable project to carry with me hither and yon. What's that you say? Sox! Yes, sox, of course, but I need a mindless portable project for those times when I am sittin' with the girls drinking alcohol or caffeine in liquid form and knitting away.

And First Sox do not a mindless project make. While mittens aren't quite mindless, I have done enough of them to not get massively confused if my attention strays onto more-interesting topics than row counts. Boys, for example. Bicycles. The various merits of 1/8 in. chains as opposed to 3/32 in. chains. To teflon tape or merely to pack the threads with grease.

Don't worry, the girls don't know what the hell I am talking about when I get like that, either. But it floats my boat.

"Engines make her hot!" - Serenity's first mechanic, referring to his soon-to-be replacement, Kaylee.