Extravayarnza

So, what do you do when life gets a bit...ummm... what's a good word.... complicated, messy, confusing? I pick up some worry bead knitting. You know the type; simple, brainless, just something to keep your hands moving & feel the yarns flow through your fingers.

Luckily a friend of mine just designed the perfect project for me to knit, Kristi's Comfort Wrap. Yards upon yards of garter stitch, ending with a either a wrap or a lap blanket to curl up in for the rest of the winter.

I had chosen the yarn a month or so ago...

center: Creative Focus Worsted (Alpaca/Wool)
outside arch from left to right: Taos, Whisper, Silk Garden, Blue Moon Kid Mo, Alpaca Silk DK, Impression

The Creative Focus is used through out the shawl & the other yarns are swapped out each row.(I think that photo seals my title as a yarn snob, no cheap or even stash yarn to be seen) In the end the fabric looks very random & mixed (especially since I choose striping & multi yarns)...

Knitting this is so calming. I'm really looking forward to the end result too. I had the original Kristi Wrap in my store for a few days before it was sent on to Kristi & boy did I love wearing it. I have enough of the contrasting yarns to make the blanket if I wish, luckily the pattern allows you to play it by ear.
2 days in & I'm more than half way to a shawl. All I want to do is burrow into it & hibernate for a few months.