little bits..

A little bit of this, a little bit of that… seems like that was the way the day progressed.  I had great intentions.  This morning I set up the skein winder on the deck, got out some silk I wanted to part out into 160 yd. skeins.  As I let the yarn slip through my fingers, first one knot, then two, then… oh my.. so I decided that I would just make 200 yd. skeins and see what happens.  This is the same 100% silk that I’m using for my scarf.  I really like the yarn, I like the way it takes dye and the way it knits up.  It IS annoying to have to deal with the tied ends but hey, I’m dealing.  It’s not THAT bad.  I can’t spit splice it like wool, but it splices and when it’s knit, it’s invisible.  Still, it stopped me while I thought it out.
Then there were the black flies.  They were back with a vengence this morning.  Must have been the 36 F night we had.  Can you believe it?? At 2am I checked the thermometer and it was at 38.  I reset the high / low function and sure enough, we just beat frost.  It was a long night waiting. 
A bit of gardening, a bit of knitting, and oh yes.. I charted out the scarf pattern after downloading the Knitting Symbols Font package.  That was interesting. 
In answer to the question on sock yarn… it is Sockotta.  And yes, I like it.