More than somewhat pleased!

Actually, I'm completely pleased with my Somewhat cowl. It was our attempts to photograph the sweater that were only somewhat successful. I was having an unprecedented bad hair AND bad face day. (Take my advice -- White Rain hair products are only $1 for a reason!)

Thank goodness we're all here for the knitting.



Here I am, more prim and proper and refined.



I definitely give this knit a thumb's up. I used Misti Alpaca, which feels heavenly both when knit up and when worn. Soft doesn't begin to describe it. I used just over four skeins, which is irritating, seeing as I purchased six. But, after the nightmare of nearly running out on Ella, I'll gladly accept the leftover yarn.

This baby even passed the ultimate test, which means I wore it to work and no one accused me of knitting it myself.

As an aside, I'm photographed in Jonathan's kitchen, the site of what we thought was a gas leak this morning. See, the stove smelled funny. And since I tend to imagine that everything will cause an untimely death, we were overly paranoid and called Keyspan. Jonathan told the operator, "I dunno, it's probably not a big deal." And the operator interrupted him, hollering very earnestly, "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SMALL GAS LEAK." That just cracked me up. (Turns out it was not really a gas leak at all, just a kinda clogged pilot light.)

I'll leave you with a fun mosaic I made in honor of Project Spectrum. Here are most of the reds and pinks in my apartment. Too much information? Maybe.