the olive plan 2008 - week 52

Number of olives knit this week: 1 (green)
Total for the year: 122

Info on the Olive Plan 2009 coming in the next couple of weeks.

the olive plan 2008 - week 51

Number of olives knit this week: 1 (green)
Total for the year to date: 121

the olive plan 2008 - week 50

Number of olives knit this week: 1 (black)
Total for the year to date: 120

happy holidays!

I hope everyone has a happy, joyful, peace-filled, safe holiday season. Sackie hopes the same for you too.

My year has been filled with ups and downs (and it looks like it will end that way too!). This will be my last post of the year that isn't olive-related, so I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has stopped by my blog. I'll see you next year! :)

And just so you know that he isn't always a photogenic charmer, here's a picture of Sackie while prepping for his photoshoot. He's not liking his snowball outfit.



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holding hands, feeding ducks scarf

I've had beforesunrise's Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks Scarf in my Ravelry queue since February. She mentions that the name of the scarf is from a song by The Brunettes:

Holding hands, feeding ducks
When I met you, that's what I wanted to do

I liked the scarf when I saw it, but I like the sentiment behind the name just as much.

In an effort to procrastinate on other things, I brought out the purpley-blue yarn I dyed earlier this year and got started on the scarf. A cast on of 33 sts gave me around a 5-inch wide scarf and it took me about 6 days of leisurely, nights-only knitting to get ~65-inches. I used the recommended US sz 10.5 needles with worsted weight yarn.

The star stitch the scarf is based on grows rather quickly and the pattern is a simple 4 row repeat that is easily memorized. Don't let the directions for star stitch intimidate. Once you have the needles and yarn in your hands, it's really very simple and produces a really beautiful pattern.



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the olive plan 2008 - week 49

Number of olives knit this week: 2 (green)
Total for the year to date: 119