Working Together

I was talking out loud yesterday, while surfing “the Ravelry”, and commented to Kaity that I’ve always wanted to knit a whole Lady Eleanor stole, but #1 – it would take me forever, and #2 – it would cost what is, to me, a small fortune.

Then I babbled on about how I’ve just about talked myself into knitting it anyway, as a long-term project, just buying a ball or two of Kureyon whenever we go to the LYS, and picking it up to knit whenever I felt like a break from whatever the project-du-jour is.

Then, Kaity had an even better idea! She said she would help me do the same thing, if little by little we could knit Lizard Ridge. She even said when we were done with all the squares, if I seamed it, she’d do the crochet border. Perfect! A co-project was born.

So, we figured we’d better swatch, since we knit at very different gauges, but would be working on one project. That little swatch up there was our first try, and it’s perfect. Kaity knit the bottom half, I took over where the marker is, and our gauge is almost spot-on perfect – certainly good enough for what we want to do. The interesting thing about this swatch, Kaity did her part on size 7’s, I knit mine on size 8’s! Hey, whatever works.

So, I cast on with the one lone ball of Kureyon we had lying around. Sure is pretty, isn’t it? We’ll pick up a couple more balls this weekend. We don’t really have a color scheme in mind, just a lot of nature colors and trying to stay away from some of the colorways that are really bright/neon-y. Other than that, just colors that “go together.” You know, nature- lizard inspired. Ok, I don’t know what lizard-inspired means, but I liked the sound of it.

Speaking of nature, we took Layla on a little nature walk down by the river yesterday. She trots right along for such a tiny thing, and loves it! (spot her down in the corner?) We’re gonna have to work on her stamina, though. We only did about a mile loop, and she was starting to slow down a little there at the end!

Speaking of Ravelry – you can find me at Knittogether, Kaity at Kaitybeth, and – guess what?! – we even got my Mom signed up! She’s mfmahan1 and just started, so doesn’t have any projects up yet, but go check her out – make her a friend! I wonder how many 3-generation Ravelry families are out there? Now, we just have work on my sis )

Edited to add:  My sister just let me know, she got her Ravelry invite today!  Please go see/friend her too!  barblovesyarn