Bowl of oatmeal for breakfast

Actually, I ate beans on toast with poached eggs and then took a photo of the scarf I wrote about last time. The scarf was completed early this past week; just in time for the warm weather. Since I can't wear it until next winter I pulled it out of the cupboard to fondle one last time and take a photograph before wrapping it in lavender for summer storage. I love the oatmeal color and the thick, plush hand of this scarf but I'm a little disappointed in the edging. The sides don't match due to the pattern as it was written and had I thought about this near the beginning of the scarf I would have ripped it out and started again after reworking the stitch count. Without swatching, I can only assume that if the scarf were knit using a single worsted or sport weight yarn it would turn out like the picture in the written pattern and that the sides would look the same because of the ribbing. Since my version isn't exactly ribbed I think I could have changed my starting stitch count and gotten matching selvages.

I've started the baby cap that I mentioned ages ago. The baby is due this month and I need to get my ass moving quickly now on the hat that I've had 7 months to work on. Already my plans have gone from 4-color intarsia in organic undyed cotton to a simple 1-color hat with an over-stitch design. The ribbed edging was finished last night and I've started the plain knitting. Holding fingering weight cotton and using size 2 needles feels like micro-knitting after having worked on big chunky scarves. The yarn is soft and velvety like a horses nose.

On thursday night I went shopping for some summer shirts. I'm down to a medium in most shirts I tried on and found that many styles looked good on me that I wouldn't ordinarily entertain. Now I need to figure out what route I want to take to get some muscle on my arms (or twigs). They are not in proportion with my chest and shoulders and the main reason I never wear t-shirts in public. It isn't exactly that I'm embarrassed of my skinny arms, it's more that the t-shirt looks like a tent strapped over a barrel chest with triangular wings pointing off my shoulder caps.