Galaxy

this week I finished a snood/cowl for Jen, knitted in King Cole Galaxy.

This is a pattern from Knit Now, a UK knitting mag which specialises in accessories rather than adult garments. The designer is Sam Parfitt and I like her quirky, contemporary style. The dropped stitches were a bit fiddly as the yarn has quite a fuzzy halo, but a small sized crochet hook helped me to drop the stitches all the way down. This is the first time that I've done a pattern with dropped stitches and I like the effect. I still have almost a full ball of yarn left so I may have to produce a pair of handwarmers for Jen.

Next in the queue is a scarf for Jack:  Alien Illusion Scarf, by Shetha Nolke from the original Stitch and Bitch book. I've been promising him this scarf for a couple of years, so I'd better ignore all my wip socks and make this for him. I don't know if he wants it as a standard scarf or in the new style of loop scarves (where the ends are joined to make a loop). I've not done an illusion pattern before so I'm looking forward to seeing how this comes out.

While I wait for him to get back to me I'm going to focus on my landgirl top. I feel as if I have too many UFOs and need to finish some stuff!

Galaxy, aliens and UFOs? This is a bit sci-fi this post!!