Remember them? I barely do. I finished the knitting part sometime in late spring or early summer & they have been sitting in my in-box ever since waiting to have the toes woven shut. Well, I can check that task off my to-do list now. Triple yay!
I had a slight moment of crisis trying to decide what to knit next. There's the Christmas gift knitting list that needs attention, there's the urge to knit another pi shawl, and there was the Flying Monkeys Revenge sitting there screaming, "Knit me, knit me!"
The flying monkeys won. I mean really, I have 36 days to work on the Christmas gift knitting list. No need to panic on that yet. Right? Please, tell me I'm right. Please, oh please tell me I'm right because suddenly, my skin is starting to get that iggly, twitchy, "you've totally screwed up" feeling.
Crud. Double crud.
Oh who cares. Friends & family don't really need hand knit Christmas gifts this year, do they? Besides, I am LOVING the flying monkeys. I had no idea what I was going to do with the yarn. Even as I loaded it onto the swift, I had no particular pattern or even item in mind for it. The bright neon shades of green & yellow in it are so not me I thought I'd probably make socks that could be hidden under pant legs & inside shoes but as sometimes happens, the yarn chose it's own outcome. Honestly, I don't even remember making the decision. One minute, the yarn was half on the swift, half on the ball winder. The next minute, I was casting on stitches. My notes about the project simply say, "screw gauge - if 6 st. = 1 inch, 6 x 28 inches = 168 ... doesn't look big enough. CO 180." From there, I'd scribbled down the same stitch pattern I'd used for the Christmas socks.
It's a little bit scary when the yarn takes over like that but when it does take over, it always knows what it wants. Flying Monkeys Revenge wanted to be a cowl. In a spiral rib pattern. I absolutely loved the way the color sequence stacked up on the Christmas socks. They ended up looking like entrelac. Flying Monkeys is not stacking up like that at all but I like the way it is stacking. The stripes of color are spiraling in the opposite direction from the rib spirals. It's sort of a big giant mess, like what flying monkeys caught in a tornado would look like. It's perfect! Absolutely perfect! I'm even liking the neon lime green & yellow.
Now to be thankful.... Of course I'm thankful that Flying Moneys Revenge spoke up, quite loudly I might add, and demanded to be a spiral ribbed cowl. It's going to be perfect. I'm also quite thankful for a cold rainy day. I actually love an occasional cold, rainy day. It's perfect knitting weather. Now, if it will just stop raining before tonight. The temperatures are supposed to drop into the 20's and my daughter will be going to drivers' ed. I'm not sure even flying monkeys can calm my nerves enough to allow my kid to learn to drive in a freezing rain storm. If it stops raining before 7 p.m., I'll be extra thankful.
THIS would make a great gift for a University of Oregon fan.....I don't know any female fans, but I will be on the lookout for one to suggest this as a gift idea! Can' wait to see it finished!
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