Knitter in the Kitchen

These past two days I haven’t been quite sure what I want to work. Last night I tried starting a scarf in the basketweave pattern with some brown and blue Brooks Farm yarn. After one inch, I realized that I hated the brown and blue color combo. =( It looked great on the hank, but somehow when I started knitting with it my perspective changed. I asked my hubby whether he thought it was ugly, and he said that it looked fine. LOL =) I ended up frogging it. Now I don’t know what to do with the yarn. If I hate the color then I’m not going to be too motivated to knit anything with it. And I had spent an hour winding it into a center pull ball!!! ARGH!!!

I did spend some time working on my Marsupial Tote. I think it’s coming along. I’m supposed to knit to 10 inches from the base before I switch to hot pink. I’ve got about 7 inches right now, so I’m not too far. Yay!!

Marsupial Tote in progress

Today I also decided to start working on the Cloud Poncho from Crystal Palace’s pattern site. It’s done in the “mistake rib” pattern. I’m using Elann’s Peruvian Collection Highland Chunky instead of Crystal Palace yarn. I do hope I’m knitting it correctly. It looks ribbed without being all scrunched up, right??? =) What threw me was the very last instruction for the row — “turn”. I’m assuming this means to turn the needle the way I normally would if I were knitting a scarf on straight needles, right?

Beginnings of the Cloud Poncho