A scarf for a friend who sends me postcards from around the world. If she ever stays in one place long enough to get it, or she just might have to come get it herself. Which would be pretty rad.
I used the beautiful, remarkably adaptable Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks pattern, which I think is the best possible presentation for a painted yarn. My dad bought me this Malabrigo for my birthday, and it's some of the softest stuff I've ever worked with. I love how the stitch looks exactly like rows of tiny bird-of-paradise flowers. Or lotus, or potted aloe, or fireworks, or whatever you see. It's a wee Rorschach.
There are a lot of great crafting blogs out there, but it was Marcie Nishioka's I Like Lemons, where I first saw this pattern done, that made me want to start a crafting blog of my own. Her hats inspired me to learn to use double-pointed needles, and since then I've been mainly occupied with hats. Marcie doesn't keep up the blog anymore -- I think it might have been just a year's project or so -- but I loved her attitude of sharing, her modest exhibitions of impressive endeavors, and the way her photos all seem so clean and guarded. It's a demeanor I aspire to.