Oooh, weird, a new look for Blogger!

OK, I'm not sure exactly how I feel about this new interface, but here we go. Since finishing my Shipwreck shawl, I've mostly been making hexipuffs for the Beekeeper's Quilt. I started getting a little tired of them after the first nine, so I decided to switch to something else. Before I could pick up a new shawl, I decided that I needed a kerchief. This thought came to me while I was trying to plant seeds, and my hair kept falling in my eyes and trying to drag in the dirt of the seedling tray. Um. Yeah. Better tie that stuff back. I didn't own a bandana, but I thought, "hey, I can do that!" I picked the Naturally Caron Spa yarn (acrylic and bamboo) that I got in a freebie offer, because the light weight, the softness, and the cheerful lemon yellow color seemed perfect for my purposes. I started looking for a pattern on Ravelry, but wasn't really happy with any of the ones I saw. Rather than continue to pore over the search results, I said, "fuck it, I'm casting on and making a damn kerchief." So I did. I did a bottom up triangle, starting in stockinette stitch and switching to a nice mesh/eyelet pattern for the main part, finishing in more stockinette. I braided a couple of ties, and hey presto! The Little Ray of Sunshine Kerchief was born!

Then I started Gail, aka Nightsongs. I had to start a few times, due to my own inattention and those pesky double YOs. I am kind of smugly pleased to find out that my instincts were right: if you're going to purl twice into the double YO on the next row, you DO have to Pf&b rather than just P2. :) I haven't worked a complex pattern in a while. This will take some re-adjustment!