Time flies but my big sister is still my best friend.  Today is her birthday and you all know what that means — I’m dragging out that same photo of us as kids.  Aren’t we adorable?  The story behind this photo is that our mother (widowed when Susan was a baby and she was pregnant with me) was getting married.  Susan was the flower girl but didn’t want to go down the aisle without me.  Our grandmother made our dresses (as well as our mother’s wedding dress).  I still do everything Susan tells me.  Sort of.  Sometimes.

PS from Susan — Surly never does anything I say, unless I tell her to buy yarn!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN!!!!!!!!

Many knitters start their journey knitting scarves.  They’re a great choice for beginners: rectangular, provide a chance to practice, fit anyone, etc.  I didn’t make a scarf until I had been knitting for 20 years!  I wanted sweaters so I knit sweaters!

Since then, I have made many.  Here is my latest: Floe, designed by Scott Rohr of The Yarnery for this year’s Shop Hop.  They were selling kits and I jumped on the bandwagon.  It was a great project to drag to social knitting because it was mindless.  The little white flappers, called Floes, added to the fun.

The floes were knitted separately and then added along the way.  They could only be on one side of the scarf so they wouldn’t hang upside down.  But, I wanted more!  So I picked up and then knit them down on the second half.  That way, you can add them anywhere you want after the fact.  I actually added one more floe after taking this picture.  The yarn is scrumptious.  I believe the kits and/or yarn remain available at The Yarnery.