neadods | Knitting navel gazing

Part of my problem is that I'm a process knitter - I'm not half as interested in having the finished end product as I am in having something to knit. And having chosen afghans, it's too easy to decide that I want to do something else with the yarn before I've gone too far because they're such big projects. (Yes, I am about to rip out the thing I've knitted on for 2 months. I'm only in the third block anyway.)

With the trip to ChicagoTARDIS coming up and the trip to England after that, the important thing is to have a project that can be knit in close quarters (read: airline seat), doesn't require anything that TSA might confiscate, isn't boring (because plane rides are boring enough already) but also isn't too complex (because I want to put my hands on autopilot instead of staring at Lis Sladen and dedicating any of my brain to going "knit, knit, purl, no, don't yarnover.")

I *think* I have it. We'll see. I haven't decided if I'm going to call it "Time Flies" or "The Amazing 1-Row Traveling Afghan." IF it works - that's a rather big if, I'm still working out this whole designer thing - it will essentially be nine scarves stitched together, with a border added if I have enough yarn. Each strip is done in a reversible, one-row stitch, and it will create a symmetrical pattern.

If it works, pictures and instructions will be posted here (and, if I can get .pdf capability, Ravelry). As two of the strips will be the Yarn Harlot Handspun Scarf (love that stitch), I have to give it away.