Hello Pittsburgh!

Now that was a football game.

Moving on...

I tried to come up with ten things that scare or frighten me and it ends up being a rant about Ronnie Reagan, stupid people with too much power and how 85% of the posting population of Ravelry are will do anything for attention. 

All three are more about annoyance and what humans are really like than anything that frightens me.  Unless you want to talk about those people raising children and we don't want to go there (today).  So I'm skipping this week's ten.  Yes again.

Instead I bring you actual knitting content.  Try not to faint.

It's a cowl!

Shut up.

The modeled photos are so bad that they had my Joan laughing on a day when there was to be no laughing.

o.0

I love this yarn.  Yes, that does mean it's been discontinued.  Story of my life*.  It's Moda-Dea's Cartwheel, which is a "thick and thin" wool yarn in the color-way Raspberries.  I would love to get my hands on a couple of bags of this stuff and make a sweater.  Something slightly boxy to wear with jeans and boots on the weekend.

Yes, a couple of bags.

The yarn is 77 yards per skein, people.

Not that I'll ever find a couple of bags.  Then again, it's not like I own a pair of jeans or would actually knit myself a cute boxy sweater, anyway.

[Edited To Add:  Lora found the yarn on eBay!  Now I'm sitting here pondering how much I want it.  Thank you, Lora!]

The pattern (for the cowl) is mine and totally simple and easy.  Not the story of my life.

I knit the cowl on a Saturday night while watching bad sci fi movies and daydreaming about fall/winter/the end of the hot weather.

And, yes, that's lace with it.  I need to mow/weed whack in order to take photos of that, so y'all will have to wait.  Yes, Joan, it is what you think it is and it's all your fault.

I have nothing new to show for tomorrow, so I'm entertaining the idea of a new feature here at Shut Up & Knit.  Ask Aunt Cookie.  What do we think?  I thought it might be fun, but I'm not sure.  Y'all know how good I am at scaring people/readers away.

Thoughts?

*If I love it, it is either discontinued, gay or a complete asshole.  Or a combo of the three.

Comments

[Lora]

Here's a link to the eBay page with a bunch of Moda-Dea Cartwheel:

http://tinyurl.com/4w43we

I looked at a few of them (not all) and noticed that you can purchase a multiple of skeins in a single dye lot from them. Hope that helps!

[Carole]

My list of things that scare me would be a lot of politician's name. Oy!

[Frances]

I think that 's a great idea - it's not an unsolicited opinion/advice if people ask for it! hehehe.
The cowl looks lovely and squishy! and that color! You should buy the ebay yarn.

[Domestic Extraordinarie]

Nice Cowl. I have often pondered making one for myself, but then I really like scarves and it gets cold here in Ohio. Not that fluffy kind of cold it gets in other places of the world. Thanks for the encouragement over at my place earlier. I may or may not be sending 2 girls your way *wink*

Hugs!

[CindyCindy]

Hey girl! Sign me up!

[margene]

Knitting content is good.

[Opal]

Oh sign me up too! I need some advice right now in the worst way.

[Carrie]

A discontinued gay asshole? Good gracious.
I like the cowl. I am less than loving the model, though. C'mon now. Do I spy an ST?

[Nora]

I'm all over asking Aunt Cookie. Yeah, and I see that Shetland Triangle - stealth knitter.

Do you really not own jeans? Wow.

All assholes should be discontinued, and I love the cowl.

[Joy]

Pretty! That was a nice yarn, sorry to hear it's been discontinued - figures :-(

[Susan]

Love the cowl but ohhhh that lace. I think I'd look pretty stupid in lace but when I got Vict. Lace from interlibrary I fell in love with one shawl that wasn't too fancy and a thing called a fichu in the back of the book. Too bad they both said they were for the more experienced. oh well...I look ok in socks :-) And right now, I think people in general are scaring me. Especially if they have any power..or think they do.

[joan]

Wait a minute, I thought you loved me? Does that make me discontinued, gay or an asshole?

I will say that the cowl looks just as good on you as it does on what's her name.

[Jeanne]

Love the cowl - and can't wait to see the lace!

[kellys]

cowls always make me think that there's a sweater part that I'm just not seeing due to smoke and/or mirrors
verrrrrrrrry pretty.

[Angie]

The cowl is lovely and the yarn looks super in this pattern. I'm expecting to wake up to 40 degree temps tomorrow, so I should be knitting rather than blog-reading. You can *so* knit yourself a cute boxy sweater and quicker than a flash, I bet.

[sil]

Cute cowl, but isn't it 1 million degrees in Sacto still?

[Sarah]

When I did not get beyond People and Fame for this week's ten, I decided to put my energy elsewhere. Cowls are funny. I love your Shetland Triangle.

[claudia]

As for the footnote: bummer, dude.

[Hattie]

I think Ask Aunt Cookie would be hysterical. Do it. ;)