Here is the Short Circuit Scarf I made for my cousin, from 2 balls of divine Noro Silk Garden. They are the perfect colours for her, and I started it when I visited my uncle (her dad) in Royal Melbourne Hospital, when he was starting treatment for leukaemia (he's back home and is in remission - things are looking good!).It's all finished, the ends are darned in, and - well - oooh it's so lovely.... she doesn't know I've made it for her... would it be very bad if I kept it for myself? YES, yes, it would. Bad Jejune! I overcame my selfishness, wrapped it nicely, and posted it to her on Tuesday.
Literally 2 minutes after stepping outside of the post office, the deed done, my phone rang. It was a lovely lovely woman in Cooma, who had - OMFG - picked up my knitting notebook way back in January!! It had fallen out of our car in the car park in Cooma. She finally sat down and looked through it, and found my mobile number!!! She's posting it back to me. I will send her something to thank her...
So that's my Instant Knitting Karma story. Are we all convinced there is a Knitting Goddess now?
ETA : 1:30 pm The book has just arrived in the post! Yay! The lady who runs Busyfingers Craft in Cooma found it, and had it on display in her front window for months to see if anyone recognised it... and my mobile number was on the first page, thank goodness. What an adventure it's had! Now, to send her a nice thank you gift...
Also, I must admit it never occurred to me to wash and block the Noro scarf, so I have no idea if it gets softer on washing, sorry ladies! It drapes very nicely, but isn't terribly soft to start with. I'll have to ask my cousin to give it a dunk and let me know :)
