"If you like it so much, why dontcha marry it?"

Remember that playground provocation? I believe I was in third grade when it was at the height of vogue. Then I got older, and I realized you can't. You can't always marry the one you love more than anything in the world. But you can sleep with it.



I'm being facetious, of course. I don't love knitting more than anything in the world, though it is near the top of my list. I am entirely serious, however, when I tell you that I'm sleeping with it tonight. I had this idea for a scarf: a big, squishy, cuddly scarf. This one fits the bill, and it's gigantic. About 14"x90", I believe. We'll see what the final measurements are when it's done blocking. But blocking, that was the problem. When I went to lay it out on two towels laid end to end, I discovered that they were too short. Actually, there is no swath of floor unoccupied enough to lay out the entire scarf in my 500 sq ft apartment, and on top of that, the carpet is too flat for the proper pin grippage required for lace. The bed was my only option, but even then, I have a good 2-3 feet of the bottom to block tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll be ok tonight. I have a whole big bed to myself, but I only ever sleep on the very edge so I can stick my feet out when they get too hot.

I'll take a proper FO picture when I'm done and post the specs. I have quite a bit of knitting that I've completed of late, but the thought of blogging has started to seem like laundry: the more that piles up, the harder it is to actually do. This semester has been a tough one so far, too. The bulk of my classes are engineering and math related. In a way, though, it's very satisfying to work towards concrete answer. It's less nerve-wracking to me than having to write analytical essays. One of my classes is Yarn Engineering. It's very fascinating: I've learned to calculate linear density of a yarn and perform tests to determine tenacity, elongation, uniformity and grade. We get to use robots! Next week (well, it was supposed to be this week, but we had a snow day), we're learning about optimum twist. None of this really translates over into handknitting, but I love learning more about fibers and yarn nonetheless.