First off a big Mwah to all who sent cards and notes. They really did help keep me in good cheer.
Being the bad blogger that I am I didn’t take pictures of all the work stuff I completed and sent off. No pictures of the Shell for LB or kid sweaters for Unique Colours. I didn’t mean to be a bad blogger. Yesterday I was thinking ok take some pictures for blog~ check. Look at clock hmmmmmmm bad time to blog lets wait til later tonight but I forgot. Then today I was ugh Friday already I might as well wait til Monday since there will be no progress by then leaving me blog fodderless. It really is all about timing over here. But I did have pictures and might as well. Hey don’t forget I am going to Stitches next week so dont expect anything Thursday onward OK? I will try really hard to find something of interest for beginning of week. Anyway the pictures with lead in….
Semi-regularly I get asked ‘Do you really wear shawls?’ Why yes I do. Actually I might stop wearing shawls cause I wear them to sit on my porch and smoke. The very glamourous reason shawls were invented I am sure. Don’t forget Im a SAHM of 3 wee ones so I don’t really have occassion to wear them and I do knit them rather obsessively. Oh so I might have to stop wearing shawls cause I am trying to Quit smoking. Day 5 here. But there is the shawl obsession which preceeds summer of or whatever other knit along you can think of. I am currently working on two shawls which you very well know if you have been paying any sorta attention. Shetland Tea Time was last mentioned when I had 15 out of 115 edging repeats done. I took pictures yesterday when I had finished another 25 repeats[40/115] so here she is:
Not very glam at all and I suspect one reason some people don’t knit shawls at all. I mean you look at a picture of some loverly gossamer bit of gauze and you get some crumpled up bit of bleh. We all know that the transformation occurs during blocking but since shawls are not gauge dependent some enjoy knitting them sans gauging and can get a teeny bit concerned Here is a picture of a semi stretched out shawl to reassure my temid self:
The second shawl? Spiderweb shawl. Just as I am a bit over a quarter done on the edging for STT I am also a bit over a quarter done with center panel:
Oh yeah baby that looks so gooooooooood. Natch. Grab kidlet and take another picture to reassure oneself before getting to end and get this:
Livin’ the vida loca~ yarny days and knitterly evenings to all, Elka