Monday Monday!

Ugh!  How do you come off of such a fun, crafty weekend and land right back into a Monday surrounded by meetings, spreadsheets, analysis and stress???  I know it's no different than any other Monday, but I had such a great time "playing" with my hobbies that it was hard to get out of bed and face the day.

One thing that I have been doing this year is a 2012 Scarf.  This was a suggestion from another Knitting friend of mine (Mardi the Yoga Guru) and several of us Knitters thought it was a brilliant idea.  The concept is to knit two rows of the scarf each day of 2012 and by the end of the year you will have a scarf roughly 5 feet long.  Who can't find the time to knit two little rows each day?  Some days the thought of being able to knit the scarf is what gets me out of bed (aside from the meowing of cats and wheaking of guinea pigs for their breakfast). I love being able to sit with my first cup of coffee knitting two rows either in complete silence of while listening to an audiobook.  It definitely helps get the work day started in the right direction.

So of course, my knitting cronies and I have taken different approaches to this project which I love.  There's Bookie (check out her blog at:  http://hookingbookie.blogspot.com/) who has dedicated her scarf to the beautiful tree in her front yard.  Her yarn choices change almost daily to reflect how the tree appears to her as she is knitting.  BRILLIANT!!!    Don't forget about Skully who has opted for a 2012 afghan.  She makes great progress until her dog Maggie (aka Rain Mag) chews up the squares she has completed.  Arrgh!!!  But Skully keeps on crocheting despite her curious canine.  Good for you girlfriend!!!

Here's a picture of my 2012 scarf as of Monday, February 27th.  I'm using a Fair Isle effect yarn with a Knit 2, Purl 2 stitch. 

In addition to the 2012 scarf, I also have started a Weekend Repeat Scarf.  I am in LOVE with cables but find that unless I have the time to sit down and knit a pattern stitch from start to finish, I forget where I left off and then end up ripping out the entire piece.  (Don't even bother to offer me recommendations on how to remember or fix the issue....I've tried them all!). 

So here's my Irish Hiking Scarf.  Each day of the weekend I sit back and stitch all 8 rows of the pattern.  This not only gives me the time to learn a new stitch pattern, but I'm using up some of the yarn I HAD TO HAVE a few years ago before I even had a project in mind.

So there you have it...two of the MANY knitting projects I have on needles at this time. 

UFO's are not just items in space, they are also Un - Finished - Objects!