Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Jul 26th, 2009 5 Comments »
Ta-Da! I present Lavalette on my new Knit Picks blocking squares. I have solved my blocking problem to some extent—win. Now I need blocking wires—lose. Attaching the finished shawl to the blocks was easy—win. I blocked the shawl upside down—lose. The shawl is very pretty and I love it–win. As you can see I ran [...]
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Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Jul 20th, 2009 8 Comments »
You know those times when it seems like the world decides to take revenge for every bad thing you have ever done? This has been one of those weeks and trust me—there has been NO knitting done!
DH had what seemed to be a major gall bladder attack and on Friday they were to remove the [...]
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Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Jul 12th, 2009 5 Comments »
I usually post every four or five days but this week it has been longer because I have been really busy.
Family was in from Chicago with their pup FIFO a miniature Dachshund (yes, they are both accountants), and we also enjoyed a new grandpuppy Max (another terrier).
The whole family was busy with fun all [...]
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Seafoam Shawl is finished and blocking. You know how long things last around here and DIL#2 agreed to model and liked it so much it is going back to Chicago with her. Now I have only two scarves on the needles—two lace scarves that I have been knitting AT for a couple weeks. I could [...]
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