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Scood


I apologize for being Bloggy McBlog-A-Not as I confess it's been 4 months since my last post. Oh the shame! I will be sure to poke myself with my knitting needles or some such nonsense for adequate penance. Although I am currently without a great WIP and it seems punishment enough not to have that "calling" you get when there is a fun project just waiting for you to have free time to work on it.

Why do I not have a project over which I can be manic? Because I just finished up one project and don't have the color/yarn picked out for the next project (a shawl/cape for a friend's sister.)  I do have a blanket that I am meant to be doing intermittently between projects, so I suppose now is that time.. but it doesn't have the same calling. Probably because it is 6x6" squares of the same knit pattern over and over and over again.  I suspect it will all be worthwhile in the long run as it's a great, modern pattern (which I find uncommon in knitting.)  Alas, it doesn't have that draw I find from having a new learning curve. I guess I have a passion to learn new methods and techniques.

On this last project, I not only learned new techniques and pattern, I learned a new word. Scood. Wiki doesn't agree with the knitters version of the word, as they define it as a slang greeting. But crafters unite when it comes to defining a "scood" as a scarf with a hood. It sounds like a mythical creation, like a unicorn. But I am pleased to bear witness to it's creation as I knit and purled and yarned over my way to finishing the Barcelona Hood & Scarf pictured below:


My friend, Pam, kindly modeling the finished scood
I made this scood out of a super soft cotton. The scarf lengths are perfect for slinging over your shoulder, as shown here, or even wearing down. The pattern is intricate but not difficult, and the end result is sure to be something my sister will look forward to wearing in chillier weather. Now I just have to wait six months to give it to her as her Christmas present!

May you enjoy making up new words today too!

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