Well, WOW! Thanks to everyone from the Lace Knitters list, and everyone else who stopped by to look at my shawl yesterday. I got so many nice compliments. It’s great to have your ego stroked by other knitters. They understand very clearly the work that goes into each piece. I’m wearing my shawl at the [...]
(EDIT: Pictures removed.) Click on the small picture above (which opens in a new window) to finally see the picture of the Kilimanjaro Kat Shawl. It was a learning experience from the start, but one that I enjoyed. I had never used charts before, and the majority of the shawl was charted out, rather than [...]
I had begun this entry as a big giant rant on Republicans, the war, DC bureaucracy in general and a few other things, but then I realized I wasn’t at all coherent. I really need to stop reading the newspapers and the news web sites and stop watching the tv news if I want to [...]
Ok, so I lied. I didn’t block out the shawl last night. I was just too tired. And it’s not much better today. I’m counting the hours until lunchtime when I can take a nap. Pretty pathetic, actually. Do I get cookies and milk after I take my nap? I did work some more on [...]
Well, it’s time for another weekend wrap up. (As if you were all waiting on the edge of your seats!) Knitting-wise, I finished the knitting and sewing of the Kilimanjaro Kat Shawl. It was a pain to sew the hem down. The finished product looks fantastic, but it was tedious work to sew down all [...]