I have been meaning to make one of the Child's Rainbow Scarves from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts for a while, but I never had the right colors or amount of Kureyon. On Saturday, I finally made a trip with a couple of friends to the one shop in our area that stocks Noro and other nice yarns. It took nearly an hour and a half to get there, and when we did it turned out that they don't carry Kureyon in the store anymore, but only by special order. They did have a lovely selection of colorful silk garden that was calling out to me, so I ended up picking up a few skeins. I had gotten some on sale in Osaka a couple of weeks ago, but with the bright colors I picked up here I now have enough to make two bright scarves instead of one muted one. How could I resist?

That afternoon we went to our local SnB which we started having on a regular basis this year, the 2nd Saturday of each month. It is a little bit hard to organize because the knitters in my region are scattered all over the place and can live up to 4 or 5 hours apart. But this week was our biggest showing yet, with nearly 20 people. It was good to see everyone but not the best setting for working on my Endpaper Mitts or doing anything that required much thought. Instead, I cast on for an easy 1x1 ribbed scarf with my new yarn and chatted the afternoon away with all of our friends. A very good Saturday, I'd say.

**Edit: I finally had the chance to catch up on some blog reading and it turns out I am not the only one knitting a scarf like this. I found this nice scarf, and this one too, which eventually led me back to Brooklyn Tweed. I must have seen one of these before starting my own and it never really registered. Each one lovelier than the next, this is such an easy and attractive pattern!