One Eye Sees, the Other Feels...

Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.
Paul Klee
 

I am in a titch of a knitting funk and so am succumbing to the malaise by knitting in glorious cashmere Technicolor. I can't seem to knit those damn socks with much joy these days and so I switched needles and cast on for the decadent, yet understated Klee Scarf from the workshop of A.L. de Sauveterre. The kit was an impulsive splurge, a whim, after reading a thread on Ravelry.  When I found the site, I was captivated by the simplicity of the project and the delusion that if I knit this scarf and wrapped it around my neck, I would suddenly become blond, svelte, and winsome...and fluent in French. Leave me my dreams, please.

 
Instead, I am knitting and knitting row upon row of K3, P3 in beautiful blocks of colour. Now and then I intersperse a block of jet black into the mix. I knit and read. I knit and listen to "The Cat Who..." I knit in bed, I knit outside. I am knitting out my daemon.

Footnote:
Remember this year, on Thursday, May 1, 2008, to please take a few moments to learn, discover, and remember the Holocaust. I will be lighting a candle in memory of my father who was liberated from Bergen Belsen April 16, 1945. He began his journey through the camps in 1936 and spent 9 years in Buchenwald and Flossenburg. He wore a red triangle.

Comments

[Luni]

That's where you've 'been'! I've been wondering. Your scarf is lovely.

[Christy]

Your scarf is lovely, and thank you for sharing about your father. I cannot even imagine.

[Julie]

Happy birthday toots!

For the record, I've always seen you as blond, svelte, and winsome...and fluent in French.

Love you!

J

[Beth]

Your scarf is wonderful and I love all the colors.

Thank you for sharing the information about May 1 and about your father. As Christy said, I can't imagine what he went through.

[rositta]

I have some yarn that would make a lovely scarf,I'm kind of tired of socks and I can't seem to finish my Central Park Hoodie. Maybe It's the second one I'm doing back to back, not a good idea. With so many color changes aren't there a lot of ends to weave in?...ciao

[deborah]

Firstly, my thoughts and prayers are with you celebrating your father's survival and remembering those who perished...

I too have obsessed over the klee scarf ever since I first saw it on this website a few years ago: http://two_pointy_sticks.blogspot.com/2005/04/introducing-klee-scarf-in-cashmere.html

I've tried it with Noro (didn't work) and various sock yarns (nope). I've not splurged for the kit yet but alas, mother's day approaches...