martinimade

Every now and again -- if by "now and again" you read "every few minutes" -- I ask myself "why am I not in Italy right now?" All of my answers, while sensible, are highly unsatisfying. I mean, seriously? Why am I not in Italy right now?

For when those moments surface, I've made wee little neck warmer from yarn purchased at Chianti Cashmere in Tuscany. 

Before I get to the pictures of the finished item, a brief flurry of photos from the trip:

The Teen, with two goats.

The Boy, feeding Jellybean. 

Jellybean and my legs. I was in her way and she's very shy.

Nora Kravis, whose goats they are.

For the scarf, I used the Madison scarf pattern, needles of some size I can no longer remember, and about two weeks:

The beads are from a long ago trip to Prague:

The color is more true in the top picture. Cameras are weird. 

So that's what's making me happy this week, even though I am most decidedly not in Italy right now.