so this doesn’t count as my 1,000th post. It’s just a happy day for Ravelry and I’m sharing it with you.
Any objections?
Category Archives: Knitting
I Know
I’m supposed to be flashing all of the stuff I bought at Stitches South.
Let’s not pretend that I went and didn’t buy because the 13 lb box of yarn that I had to ship home would beg to differ.
I took yesterday off from dishes, laundry and most everything but going out with Jane for some Sephora/Macy’s/lunch action.
Tom and I went partially out to dinner. He had worked so we left too late, I was already starving and everywhere had an hour wait. We ended up at Outback, sitting at the bar and we must have been in the “blind spot” because everyone sat down, ordered, ate and left, while we still waited for our dinner. Finally had them box it To Go, so appetizers were at the bar and dinner was at home.
All in all it was a wonderful birthday!
Bonus points to Tom, for this great card.
Scan It, Man
Stitches South -
I’ll be shopping in the Marketplace on Friday & Saturday – maybe early Sunday, too – so if you see this QR (there won’t be a heart on the actual QR) pinned to a green bag, scan it. You never know what you’ll get.
Will you?
Block Party
I don’t hate blocking my finished knits but I have a bag full of unblocked shawls.
Let’s call it Blockophobia.
Lucky for me, Tom helped wire and pin the Trillian Shawl
that I made. It’s a gift for someone who works at the host hotel for Stitches South. I goofed and made it with stockinette, instead of garter stitch…and I love it. It’s so soft and as light as air.
The yarn is Miss Babs, Yowza- Whatta Skein! in Sky Angels colorway.
Blocking Mis En Place. Boards, wires, pins, Soak wool wash in Aquae, and the shawl.
A little soak
A few pins and wires
A second blocking board, more pins and wires
And, just because everything was out, I decided to block my Featherweight Cardigan which I finished in 2011. What’s the rush?
Tom couldn’t help with the whole blocking but he was there through a lot of the wiring.
That is also Miss Babs. The yarn is Yet, in the Vlad’s colorway. I really love that name.
So many pins!
It was blocked a bit severely and I have to work out the “ridges” along the sleeves.
The only trouble with blocking two items in two days? Ask my Chiropractor. I could hardly move and think I’ll space the rest of them out a bit more.
Will I see you at Stitches South?
