The Comfort Zone

Moving into the second week of little or no knitting.  I did knit a little while the family was visiting but we had lots of fun things to do so knitting sort of fell by the wayside.  Since I didn’t work last week the office knitting stopped and now, this week, I am catching up [...]

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Starting and working on Faux Spanish Lace shawl has relieved the stress from the chart intensive Shetland Skies!  I am enjoying Spanish Lace especially because I have memorized the two repeating rows and can knit them while doing other things.  I am a knitter who needs a strong sense of achievement in terms of finished [...]

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Now I remember why I don’t knit round shawls!  They go on and on and on….  I’m making good progress on Shetland Skies (2nd chart) and still I don’t feel like I’m getting anywhere.  It will be a good shawl for car knitting on the Chicago trip because I don’t think I have a prayer [...]

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Well maybe not soup but this shawl gelled faster than any I have finished so far.  There is really not much to Pierrette Shawl except a stockinette body and a cute little lace border.  Using medium weight Socks That Rock yarn it zipped along to completion and has made everyone who has seen it smile.  [...]

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Centrique shawl is finished and has become one of my favorites.  I don’t know if it quite takes an advanced position over Lavalette but it’s right up there in my list of  to-do-over-and-over!  The Dream in Color yarn with the little splash of silver thread running through makes it a very special shawl. 
Knit projects become [...]

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