Here are some of the highlight projects I could never pop up. Here is the Juno Regina pattern that I knitted up from Knitty.com with a really pretty lace yarn in a pink that I thought was discontinued.
Before I left Madison, I revisited the yarn shop on Monroe Street, "The Knitting Tree" and refound the yarn in the same color that I once thought was lost. I managed to snatch up the last skein of in this luscious lace in my shopping bag before I left town.
The original project for the Juno Regina pattern is actually one of my favorite scarves and it was certainly the easiest pattern to do because once you get through the intricate diamond intro, you get lulled into a sense of peace with the repeat pattern in the center that goes on and on into knitting zen. Eventually you'll get to the diamond closing but by then it will be a welcoming. This project ended up being my sanity project when I was tutoring at Shabazz High School for their library study class. I kid you not, some days it was mostly sitting around doing nothing when the students didn't need help with their homework so I needed something to keep me busy during those lapses in activity. The trouble with knitting was that I couldn't bring anything TOO complicated or else I'd be in a load of pain in trying to put the project down and repick it up later when my tutoring services were needed by a student. The repetitive rows then became an excellent project as it wasn't too demanding on my attention in between helping students but at the same time still provided some challenge outside of the brain death of garter stitch.
If you want to knit up the Juno Regina scarf/stole for yourself, you can find the FREE pattern here from Knitty.
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