Summer Knitting

 

So, those were my summer knitting projects from 2023.

The one on the right is a very basic garter stitch scarf, done in KnitPicks Felici worsted, in the colorway Bookshop.  Two balls, some likely number of stitches cast on, knit in front of the TV while avoiding the hot, smoky outdoors for two months.

The one on the left is Red Heart Soft, I think, in something navy-ish, with stripes in some white holiday yarn from Mary Maxim.  It has a subtle sparkle to it.  That was the one I worked on mostly while in the park having finished my PT/walk and waiting for my wife to finish hers.  The story is that a couple of years back, somewhere around the intersection of Trump and Covid, she said I needed to find something else to talk about over the dinner table because it was getting depressing.

Enter the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Mistake on her part.

I decided to follow the Leafs because while I was considering hockey I found pictures of someone from their rookie year that hit me right in the muse spot and even though it was years ago I'm loyal to my muses.  (So long as the writers don't screw the whole thing up.)  Also, I'm a sadist who likes watching an entire arena of grown men cry.

And then we started walking on the regular to keep up our combined mobility, and my big sun hats were hard to manage so I decided I needed a smaller baseball cap and she suggested the Leafs and then I made a scarf to match.

I have no clue which uniform it's supposed to match.  Don't care.  I look better in darker colors so I went with the navy.

I have the wool to make matching fingerless mitts, but I'm not going to start them until someone get off the stick and signs his bloody contract.

Ahem

So there is that.  Now I'm going to go work on my next project and see if Matthews can get three hat tricks in a row.  Wish the team luck.