It’s been a hot minute since I last checked in! I finished the Portland Frog Hat and sent it off to Sheryl, and donated her $100 to Northeast Emergency Food Program. And I started swatching a new project.
So far I’ve established that yes, you can do entrelac in the round on magic loop or 2 circulars or Flexi-Flips, but no, it would be terrible to try to write that pattern. If it’s confusing for ME, it would only be more confusing for someone trying to learn from it!
My Athena Entrelac Neck Warmer is knit in the round, and knit flat for the split at the bottom (top, really). It works because it’s on an appropriate circular needle with no extra cable to fiddle with. For a small circumference item like my current project, I’d need a 9 inch circular, and I don’t like working with those.
So the project is flat, and that means a lot more ends to weave in later. I could use a color changing yarn so I don’t have to work in different colors for each tier, but it’s supposed to be a stashbuster. Well, I have color changing yarns in my stash! But I’ll figure that out later. I have a couple other things I need to puzzle out with this swatch first.
Since I last checked in, I’ve had two Thanksgiving celebrations, one in St. Louis and one in Portland. I get around!
When in St. Louis, we have to acknowledge one of DH’s favorite things growing up. We actually had a box of 30, not 20, for a group of 9.
Calvin the Christmas CATcus sends you the greetings of the season.
It’s December, and I already have the lights on my house…because I didn’t take them down last spring! I just didn’t turn them on until now. Winning!
PDXKnitterati 
“Work smarter, not harder !” 🙂
I’m very confused about a carton of sliders. Aren’t sliders small roll-thingies ?, like, say, mini-burgers ???
Please give Calvin an xmas smooch from me, Michele ? – and, of course, one to Biscuit !!! Boodie is having a wonderful time leaping in and out of his cat-door onto the now fully-enclosed balcony. To say I’m relieved he likes it is putting it VERY mildly !
Do you call those ‘zygocactus’ or ‘schlumbergera’ ??
Oh Goodness. Even though White Castle is headquartered in Ohio, I’ve never eaten one. We have lots of them in Cincinnati. They are considered required eating if you’ve been out drinking too much. Maybe because they make you throw up??