Row 30
The other day Neuro sent me a picture of her Dunella lace progress thus far, and it is looking really amazing! When she informed me that she was at Row 30 of the second pattern repeat, I just had to catch up:
OK, so I'm at Row 30 of the first pattern repeat. BUT - the last many rows have gone very well. No disasters, no tinking back, not even a forgotten YO or a misplaced SSK. (Of course I've got a whole process now - work at the kitchen table, no distractions, and mark both latitude and longitude on the pattern chart, moving the marker to each motif as I move down the row). It's time for a new lifeline, and then I'll continue on my merry way. This is definitely a long-term commitment!
Close to You is now on the blocking mats:
Additional knitting progress: MONKEYSOCK #1 is drying on the sock blocker (and looks awesome!!!), and #2 is awaiting a toe graft; I have enough Hocus Pocus yarn left over for something more than baby mitts so I'll need to think about that a bit; I cast on for Bamboo Sock #2 this morning and wove in all the millions of ends in Sock #1 due to all of the knots; I wound the O is for Oogy #2 yarn into balls and have a pattern to try out (I'll share it with you as soon as I know the yarn hasn't rejected it!); I have spun all but one small section of the first of four bobbins for the remaining Only One roving and am looking forward to a couple more palate cleansers before starting the second bobbin.
I also dug out a project from the "to-be-finished" bin - it's more of an unfinished project than something needing a few last touches:
The pattern is Spectra. I'd fallen in love with the colored yarn - allegedly a sock yarn - likely due to those lovely bright colors. But the yarn is single ply!!! Socks would absolutely fall apart in a second. So I paired it with a silk blend of some kind (of course I didn't keep the ball band!) and found this super cool pattern. All I can tell you is that I've brought this project to Cape Cod twice already, so I've been working on it off and on for more than two years. It's a lovely pattern - the colors are both carried along, so there are no ends. I don't know why I keep putting it down, but it deserves to be finished.
I don't have a lot of new wildlife adventures to report. One to three deer appear regularly in the fields in the mornings and late afternoons, and a hawk flew by me the other day as I was driving down the driveway. The farmer appeared the other night and looked to be spraying fertilizer on the fields; if I hadn't happened to look out the window and see him there, I might not have known he had been there at all, with the exception of a few new tractor tire marks in the hayfield. Never a dull moment!
OK, so I'm at Row 30 of the first pattern repeat. BUT - the last many rows have gone very well. No disasters, no tinking back, not even a forgotten YO or a misplaced SSK. (Of course I've got a whole process now - work at the kitchen table, no distractions, and mark both latitude and longitude on the pattern chart, moving the marker to each motif as I move down the row). It's time for a new lifeline, and then I'll continue on my merry way. This is definitely a long-term commitment!
Close to You is now on the blocking mats:
Additional knitting progress: MONKEYSOCK #1 is drying on the sock blocker (and looks awesome!!!), and #2 is awaiting a toe graft; I have enough Hocus Pocus yarn left over for something more than baby mitts so I'll need to think about that a bit; I cast on for Bamboo Sock #2 this morning and wove in all the millions of ends in Sock #1 due to all of the knots; I wound the O is for Oogy #2 yarn into balls and have a pattern to try out (I'll share it with you as soon as I know the yarn hasn't rejected it!); I have spun all but one small section of the first of four bobbins for the remaining Only One roving and am looking forward to a couple more palate cleansers before starting the second bobbin.
I also dug out a project from the "to-be-finished" bin - it's more of an unfinished project than something needing a few last touches:
The pattern is Spectra. I'd fallen in love with the colored yarn - allegedly a sock yarn - likely due to those lovely bright colors. But the yarn is single ply!!! Socks would absolutely fall apart in a second. So I paired it with a silk blend of some kind (of course I didn't keep the ball band!) and found this super cool pattern. All I can tell you is that I've brought this project to Cape Cod twice already, so I've been working on it off and on for more than two years. It's a lovely pattern - the colors are both carried along, so there are no ends. I don't know why I keep putting it down, but it deserves to be finished.
I don't have a lot of new wildlife adventures to report. One to three deer appear regularly in the fields in the mornings and late afternoons, and a hawk flew by me the other day as I was driving down the driveway. The farmer appeared the other night and looked to be spraying fertilizer on the fields; if I hadn't happened to look out the window and see him there, I might not have known he had been there at all, with the exception of a few new tractor tire marks in the hayfield. Never a dull moment!
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We have a similar strategy for the lace project. I put on my reading glasses, so if I look up everything is blurry, and noise-cancelling headphones to block out the cat, neurohubby, etc.