You probably remember the poncho project I started last year with the Lion Homespun. I’ve pretty much abandoned that for a number of reasons. The biggest consideration was that I needed the needles for something else and when I asked myself if this poncho was really going anywhere, I honestly had to answer that it was not. So it’s getting frogged and all those lovely blues…
The Sea Blues
...will probably go for an afghan. I’ve been planning afghans in the back of my head for ages and it’s probably time I got to work on at least one.
Of course, part of this decision was based on the ordering of the White Buffalo yarn which, it seems to me, would make a super poncho - density and warmth without the restriction and discomfort of a coat. (Note: I’ve never liked coats and will do almost anything to avoid wearing them. I am famous for going without - even in the dead of winter). And realizing the Waterspun deep pink would go well with the White Buffalo stuff really kind of solidified the idea in my noggin.
Of course I’m frothing at the mouth (practically) for the White Buffalo to get here so I can see what it’s like and start playing with it.
What I’m thinking about is a kind of Ruana-type thing - about hip length. You know, a rectangle, folded in half with a split for the neck. Traditionally, these are open down the front, I think, but I could add a placket and ties, or loops and buttons - and maybe a collar of some sort? I’m debating about also using the Waterspun as accent color on the garment itself - as trim or even in some kind of stranded design? I figure a double strand of it would approximate the White Buffalo. I already know I have a lot more Waterspun than I’m going to need for hat, mittens and scarf.
And I did cast on for the hat last night but only have a few rows done so far :) It’s the Pinwheel cap again (see sidebar under “Patterns”) just because I like it. I think I’m going to try the mittens in the round this time and I believe I’m going to try making a scarf with the cable used on the cap - just to kind of tie things together a bit.
I worked on the bathmats and the HP scarf this weekend, but I was so tired from running around all last week that I mostly rested and read.
We did go to see Spiderman II. I know the reviews were glowing and that most people think this was an even better film that the first one - but I’m afraid I don’t get it. It was way too over the top and way too whiny. Aunt May whines, Mary Jane whines, Harry whines, Doc Ock whines and Peter whines - incessantly. The only character that I really enjoyed was J. Jonah Jameson; J. K. Simmons does him to a perfect turn and, for my money, he is the brightest and most enjoyable character in the whole piece.
Maybe we should have gone to see “I, Robot” instead - heheh…
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every year, shortly after christmas usually, i think how nice it would be if i made each of my children a nice afghan to give them the next christmas- every year, shortly after christmas usually, i find gorgeous afghan patterns and do make a start- shortly afterwards, whee! something else catches my eye and i abandon the afghan project- i now have many neglected orphans hidden away- my fdd (that’s ‘finishing deficit disorder’) is never more evident than with afghans-
i wish you more persistence than i have and will look forward to seeing your afghan project-
as for ponchos, well, they are certainly on everyone’s needles this year but since they are a rather blanket-like garment, i think i know what would happen if i started one-
stay happy-
LOL - Barb - you do have a way of putting things :) You’re right, a poncho is a blanket-type thing = perhaps I should attempt that as a dry run for the afghan thingy? Actually, for afghans, I’m contemplating strips or squares or something along those lines because those will be small and I have a prayer of finishing, say, 8 smaller strips as opposed to 1 BIG thing - at least that’s how I think the psychology would work!
Those blues will make a beautiful afghan. Ahhh…blue afghans…serendipity at work…I’ll be blogging on that very subject tomorrow or the next day. (I’m posting in the afternoon, now, and messing up my schedule! ha!)
I think the Homespun will make a decent afghan (or maybe two - I have a lot of this stuff!). You makin’ a blue afghan?
Yeah - eventually - kinda - I think - most likely. Don’t you love how decisive I am? I’m tellin’ ya - I scare myself sometimes!
Heh - I’m used to it. Myria is decisive in exactly the same way :) BUt just for the sake of interest, it’s marginally possible that there’ll be a pink and white afghan! 
I’m sorry you frogged your poncho, because I really love those blue yarns. Make sure you post plenty of pics of your afghan, if you make it. We don’t get Lion Brand in the UK :(
Pam - That’s a mixed blessing - Lion brand isn’t a top quality yarn, though it’s perfectly good for many things. However, the interest in knitting has boosted the cost of their products into what I generally consider more appropriate for higher quality material. The Homespun is a bulky boucle acrylic. It came in lots of fabulous colors but it can be awkward to work with.
I will definitely let you know when I decide what to do with it :)
