A quiet day with my Chicks

Our gathering was small and peaceful today. Lazy Cat Jazz from Spotify played softly in the background. And since Barbara B was absent, we had no treats today.😢

We started off with a few FO's. This is my finished Ottilie Scarf, a paid pattern on Ravelry. I had seen it pop up in an email and talked myself out of buying it. Then, as most often is the case, the thought of it haunted me and I couldn't remember the name of it to hunt it down. Weeks went by until it happened to show up in a list of suggested patterns "I might like" so I jumped at the opportunity before it disappeared again. If I were to knit it again, I might not follow the directions for suggested length. I think it turned out just a little too short which I tried to remedy with aggressive blocking. That made the texture of the stitch a little too subtle so next time I'll knit it longer and be a bit more gentle blocking it. I had to block it because it curled faster than my hair on a humid day.

Barbara K finished her Royal Icing Headband and sewed it up while we heard all the highlights of Jan's trip to Brazil. 

This is my version of the Royal Icing Headband. It is a quick knit, as long as you don't get cocky like I did and think you know how it goes! LOL! Brioche stitch is easy to mess up until you get a rhythm going.

Barbara K immediately casted (cast on? casted on?) on for another headband and she is enjoying this one much more now that she has the confidence to know how to proceed.

And Carole frogged her original Royal Icing in favor of a lighter, brighter color and is having better luck with this one.

I'm working on an original design, trying to use up little bits of hat leftovers. It looked like it would be enough for another headband. Keep your fingers crossed! I'll sew up the ends in the same fashion as the Royal Icing headband.

Jan had a lovely trip to Brazil and then to California to visit family. I think she lucked out and missed the worst of the winter storms while she was gone. Now that she's back, she's working on the Reverb Shawl. She's not crazy about the yarn but I think it suits the pattern.

It's a raw kind of day today so I think I'll put on some warm woolen socks and get back to my knitting. Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!