I was so proud when I finished knitting the Rock Island shawl that I posted about here. I did not mention that I had zipped through knitting this while watching the first season of 24, which I had never seen before (great show, by the way, and very exciting). The two skeins I was using [...]
Dec 042010
At last (with the season galloping toward a close), I’m actually knitting lace. Alas, I started by making an unfortunate guess as to which size needles I should use to cast on the cowl I’d been hoping to whip up for my mother before she got here this evening. I took the yarn and some [...]
Nov 112010
I’ve been working slowly but steadily on Inebriate of Air. Compared to my more recent beading adventures, there are hardly any beads in it, really…. See… you can barely see them! Okay, the lacey bit had a lot of beads, but since then, really… not that many… (Yeah, they are kind of blendy, but that’s [...]
Oct 182010
I am halfway through my peacock shawl but needed a quick gift in between. Fingerless mitts it is. And then back to being a good lacy girl. Off to buy the lovely Anjoy…..
Oct 082010
I so hoped I would never have an entry for this category, but I do. I love love love the firelight shawl pattern I have been testing. I think I will like it even better now that I am working the right charts. But, that means that I have to scrap the first 75 rows [...]
Oct 082010
Last night, I got it into my head that I needed some additional lace to knit to keep me from altering the Inebriate of Air pattern so far that no one would be able to discern its beginnings in the Emily Shawl. So, I peeked into the basket by the knitting chair, and re-discovered a [...]
Aug 242010
Since I had a bit of sock yarn left over from my En Pointe Socks, I started knitting some toddler socks with a variation of the Sunday Swing sock pattern. I ran out of yarn. Status: Frogged
Jun 212010
And it’s my own fault for not reading the directions carefully. I missed the critical first step of casting on 10 stitches at the beginning of the border row, and didn’t realize it until I had done the first half of the border and had extra stitches left over. Sigh. So here’s my progress so [...]
Ah, the beleaguered Super Spiral Shawl… This thing seemed to go on for-freakin’-ever! Especially the edging. But tonight, I finally got to the end! I got all set to graft the edging seams together! Anyone see the flaw? Can anyone *not* see the flaw? (besides the unavoidable dye lot color blending issues due to the [...]
May 242010
Wednesday night, I finished my Triad Stole. I was soooo happy and proud of myself. See… It’s done. So proud. I didn’t have time to block it before going away for the weekend to see the in-laws. Although they’re wonderful people, a weekend with them always leaves me feeling…flustered. So I got home last night, [...]
