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can she do it

. . . ummm, I think so.

This is how far I was last night when I fell asleep with the knitting still in my hands.  I picked it up this morning to get a pictoral record, and I noticed how . . . flacid . . . the ball of yarn was.  Hmm.  I [...]

no grass

. . . growing under my feet.  I cast on Branching out on Saturday night, hey if I can knit up a whole shawl, a scarf shouldn’t be any trouble.  Especially since I finally found where my skein of SilkyWool was hiding (under the bed, in a bag, with 3 balls of sock yarn).

. . . but it [...]

Olympic gold

Pattern:  Lace Leaf Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark for Fiber Trends
Yarn:  Mountain Colors, Mountain Goat - 55% Mohair 45% Wool – the colorway is Silverbow (now disc), I bought the yarn on clearance last summer.  I have about 60g (about 135yds) remaining of the 4 100g skeins I started with.
Needles:  Clover Bamboo
Started:  Feb 10th
Finished:  cast off [...]

all at once

Why does it seem all the magazines, I like to pick up, come out all at once?  I had to run to the store to pick up pins to block my shawl, and there they were, four magazines I almost always pick up and one I occasionally buy.  I know, if I am picking up [...]

an inch

I soaked it; I spun out the water in the machine, on gentle; now it is on the bed, blocked to within an inch of its life.

After blocking out this shawl, I can see where blocking wires would come in handy, if you did a lot of lace knitting.

I really like the [...]

the Olympic Knitting . . .

. . . she is fini.  The blocking, she is not. 

I spent yesterday at the Seattle Home & Garden Show, with the kids and my folks, good times.  I got lots of ideas, but lost a large amount of knitting time. 

That’s ok, I finished the knitting last night and then bound off this morning.  I [...]

zzzzzzzzzzzz

I am having to resort to performance enhancing substances.

Caffeine and carb loading, in the form of those huge Costco muffins. I was sitting, knitting, after lunch and started to nod off, guess I’ll be making a 2nd pot of coffee today.