Finally A Photo
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the scarf

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I had some trouble uploading the pic; and I'm farther along now. This was taken last weekend. Note the very crooked stitches.

Well, it's my first attempt at stranded knitting. I'm getting better.

Finally
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I finally buckled down and added some knitblogs to my side bar.
I don't want to hear any complaining, either. I avoided the mommyblog trend. I avoided the daddyblog trend, too. I never listed a long string of polit-blogs, even though I read quite a few. So y'all will just have to deal with the knitblogs :P

In other news, the hubby-man has had a cold all weekend, so I haven't gotten very far on the scarf. I *did* however, find the battery charger. So I should have some progress pics tonight.

Then I Just Sighed
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I took the time to look up stranded knitting, so I could learn how to do it properly. Then I picked up my genome scarf and set to work with my new skills.

2 rows later, I spilled my cup of coffee on the pattern sheet.

Then I just sighed and sadly took the now soggy -yet colorful- sheet to the trash.
I need a shoulder to cry on. Maybe I'll knit myself one when I'm done with the scarf and the Victorian Lace Shawl from Elann.

Well, I needed to print out the third pattern sheet anyway.

The Secret Scarf
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My inner geek is ready to come out of the closet.
I dug through the Human Genome Project and found the MCR1 gene on the 16th chromosome. I dug deeper and found the variances that cause red hair.
I copied the code.
I converted it to a color chart.
I wrote my first ever pattern.
I'm knitting a gene...
And I'm not alone!

I shared the pattern with others on the Knitty board, and hopefully, they'll be knitting the redhead gene with me!