Tubey and Karaoke

Do you remember the yarn that was going to be Under the Hoodie from SnB? Then it was going to be Kyoto, then a Raglan, then FrouFrou (crochet) from SnB THH? Well, now it’s Tubey, and it’s staying that way.

I did the medium size, but I probably could have gone down to the small. The yarn is Bernat Super Value Ombres in Mountain Lake, size 8US/5mm needles. I shortened the sleeves and did 8 rows of moss stitch at the end, and shortened the body. I did a little decreasing and increasing, and probably could have done more, but it’s alright. I love sleeves like this, this is how the kyoto sleeves were before I frogged that, and I was sad to see them go. To prevent pooling, I switched skeins every other row while knitting. Considering how many little balls I have of this yarn at this point, it wasn’t hard.

I also made a scarf for my younger sister, who is turning 25 on the 28th:

This is the Karaoke Cable scarf, done in Red Heart Soft Touch in red on 6US/4mm needles. It’s 5.5 feet long without the fringe and a little over 6 feet including the fringe. It’s also soft and snuggly, just the right width.

It was a last-minute project. Our older sister is going to visit the birthday girl, leaving tomorrow actually, and on either this past Thursday or Friday my mother started with “are you making anything for Julia? You should make something for her, is there anything little you could add to the presents I’m sending? Maybe you can make her a black shrug!” (She just finished crocheting one herself, and has a lot of black left). I didn’t think Julia would want that, so she called her, and then told me that Julia wanted a long, skinny red scarf. So, voila. I was a one-woman sweatshop for the weekend, but it’s done. It was done late Sunday, and it’s all packaged up and ready to make the trip to Mississauga. (On a side-note, I don’t know why I didn’t try to go, too. There was a sale on tickets, and Mississauga is right outside of Toronto. I could have gone to Lettuce Knit. I don’t have any money to spend there, but I could have gone. I didn’t just didn’t think of that in time.)