And what of Rogue? Abandoned for a new love, a lovely soft scarf of GGH Soft Kid.
Truth be told, this project was started while Rogue was itself unavailable — waiting for space on the cutting table to set up the blocking board and measure the sleeve length — unwilling to commit to another sleeve until we were sure the first was a good fit. By then, by the time we knew it was a match well made, it was too late. Soft kid had captured me.
It was not an easy start. The lure of the soft yarn was strong. The pattern is simple, a printout distributed by Amazing Threads with purchase of the yarn. Start up was a little rocky though. I have knitted lace trims on sweaters in the form of edges on cardigans, decorative borders, even bits of firm cotton lace to adorn sewing projects, but this, this was something new. I was not sure we were destined for each other. Fine yarns on large needles seemed uncomfortable in the hands, the stitches twisted and turned, avoiding easy knitting. This is definitely not a project to be knit in the dark in the car.
And yet, once a few inches were completed, enough to see a pattern emerging, the charm of the work took over, the easy repetition of the pattern, the attention needed yields such lovely rewards. Not mindless knitting this, yet totally entrancing. I am hooked, sitting in my chair late at night churning out a few more rows. Even tonight, falling asleep between rows, head lolling back on the strings of the hammock chair now rigged up in my fiber room, the enchantment remains strong. I was at least awake enough to tink the last two rows, accounting for the dropped stitches just made, aware enough to stop and put the knitting aside until tomorrow.
Rogue will return. The thrill of a simple lace scarf has won my heart for now.