Coming Along

Ok, after many forces of nature conspired to erode my knitting time, (have you ever had your cellphone ring in your pediatrician's office, while you are having two of your children checked for tonsillitis and it's your third daughter's school asking you to come pick her up because she too, is sick?...that's what this week has been like) I did manage to complete the knitting portion of Clapotis.

Here it is, in all its glory, sprawled out on my now familiar kitchen island.



(The little things that look like pompoms are the ends of the yarn that were too short to complete a row.) At the end of it, I had a teeny ball of yarn, maybe half the size of a golfball, leftover. So much for my careful arithmetic.

It does need some blocking, so I'm doing a bit of research. I've never blocked silk before and the slubby texture concerns me a bit. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


Oh, and in the "shouldn't be admitting this" category, I'm whipping up some Lion Brand Fun Fur scarves for three little girls who will be visiting us in about a week. Hey, it's fluffy, fuzzy, pink, purple and yellow...everything 6 year old girls love!