I am pleased to report that my shawl is complete! I am very much in love with it. It went from a scrunched up object just off the needles: …to a lovely elegant piece of lace: The yarn can not be done justice by the photos – there are so many subtle colours (click through [...]
Entries from July 30th, 2009
Check me out…
July 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Update
Started the bind off tonight. I won’t lie, juggling a knitting needle with a crochet hook is not easy or fun, but it’s fairly pretty and definitely manageable, if a little slow. I expect it to take a full night, possibly spilling over into two depending on how bonkers it makes me. That puts me [...]
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Shawl Update!
July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Update
I did seven rows last night, and eight rows tonight…I’m up to 176!!! Only 14 rows to go! Ooooh yes, it *will* happen.
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The race is on…
July 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Update, Works in Progress
I have a wedding to go to on August 1. I stupidly let the flower shawl lay in my bag all these months, even though I had the idea in JANUARY that I might wear this shawl to this wedding. Then I thought, “I don’t even know what dress I’m wearing; it might not match”. [...]
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