Color Wonder

I'm feeling lazy today, but I need to share my latest project. It's making me so happy because it involves color - something that the Chicagoland area has been lacking lately. Blues Brothers? More like Grey Brothers, amiright?!

My life, all day every day

So, the pattern I'm working on is called Chevron Stripe Infinity Scarf by Jill Zielinski. Allyson of Sweatshop of Love and Holla Knits was making one at Knit Night in February and it looked *so* fun. Once again, I swiped her awesome taste in patterns and decided to make one for myself.

I always struggle when it comes to putting colors together. It's just not a talent I have. Luckily, Pinterest exists and I don't have to look far for help in that department. My friend Lily directed me to Design Seeds and my work was done. I liked the color combo from this image in particular:

I would never have thought to put these together and I think this would work well with my dark green coat. Done and done. Knit Picks Palette is great for this project and comes in all known colors ever. The FedEx guy dropped these on my stoop on Friday:

A tower of yarn. Welcome to my dreams

And getting started has been a breeze.

Just trust me, this is going to be great. Even if it isn't - I'm loving the process. And that's what it's all about, right?

Just Look at This

I try hard to pretend otherwise, but I'm a giant sap. I don't know that kids are really something that's in the cards for me personally, but that doesn't mean that kids in general don't make me swoon sometimes.

So, I came across this little number today during lunch and almost started sobbing at my desk:

The Daddy Scarf

What's that? A scarf with little pockets knitted in for Micromachines and then cabled 'roads' for kids to drive the cars along! they can make their own hills on a park bench or some stairs.  Is this not THE GREATEST?

Seriously, the greatest

This is a great idea. Unfortunately, I'm not a great knitter and there's no real 'pattern' just some notes jotted down. I'm going to mull this over and see if I can tackle it (sometime after Christmas). Because seriously, if the following doesn't melt your heart, I'm not sure we should hang out:

Grandfather of the year!

Via MizToolLady on Ravelry