The Accidental Knit-A-long

Yes, we're back.  Back from checking out the damage to the Coastal Condo from Hurricane Florence.  I must say, I have a very hard time saying "Hurricane Florence" because my Mom had a very good friend at Grand Court named Florence who was the sweetest lady who ever took a breath.  Thank goodness, Hurricane Florence turned out to be not the monster storm at Sunset Beach as she was in other areas.

This is the 4 Seasons Room, AKA Linda and Jan's Knitting Room.  It has nary a blemish.  Our most serious issue was nasty fish in our freezer after 4 days without electricity.  ICK!  The refrigerator is disinfected, everything thrown out and all is well.

Of course, I had to choose travel knitting for our quick trip.  We traveled the Spirit Experience from Detroit to Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach to Detroit.  It was Dick's first time.  I picked a piece of knitting which will be on display for Ann's By Design for Yarn Tasting October 16 and 18.  All new yarns needed to have a knitting sample and I chose the beautiful Reserve Sport from Plymouth yarns.  

That's all you get to see.  I will talk more when I write about Yarn Tasting in its entirety.  I did finish this about Saturday and needed something to knit.  I hadn't brought any thing else with me because 1) I didn't think I would finish the Yarn Tasting project and 2) everything I took needed to fit into a Spirit "personal bag" because I didn't want to pay for a checked bag or a carry-on.  For a woman, a "personal bag" is basically your purse. 

Fortunately, I have a knitting basket at the Coastal Condo AND Linda and I made a visit to Knit 'N Purl at the end of July at which time I bought several exquisite yarns.  I searched through the basket and found this. . . 

Remember this gorgeous yarn set from Wonderland Yarns?  I thought it was just two beautiful yarns that looked yummy together, but no!  On the inside of the label is a pattern for a scarf using these two scrumptious yarns.  No picture, just a pattern!!!!  I couldn't resist.  I began knitting not knowing where the directions would take me.  I guess I could have googled the pattern to get a picture but I chose to be surprised.  Well, this is where I am. . .

I am finding this accidental knit-a-long is amazingly exciting.  I don't know what it's going to look like.  I only know that I have two beautiful yarns taking me on a journey to somewhere over the rainbow.  Every person I've showed this to loves it.  I thought it was going to be easy to decide who would get this for Christmas, but I think it is going to be very difficult.  I would participate in an accidental knit-a-long again in a heart beat.  It is so fun.

I have started something absolutely over the moon for Linda for Christmas but I can't write about it.  I want Linda to be totally surprised and I have ruined more than one surprise by prematurely disclosing Christmas secrets on Knitting: A Love Story.  Some day you will see my finished knit-a-long and Linda's Christmas gift.