I meant to write up the pattern to my Thunder Bluff Mittens, and it turns out I kind of forgot / put it off for a whole year. Oops. Well here it is now:
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Well it looks like making a list helped.
DSC_5366, originally uploaded by kalamaridemocracy.
I finished this Saturday right after my last post.
WIP List:
Equisetum hat
Summer in Kansas shawl
Crochet Shrug
Socks for Russ
Three more to go.
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Priorities
This list is mostly for myself, I found that I have an alarming number of unfinished knitting projects.
WIP List:
Equisetum hat
Summer in Kansas shawl
Crochet Shrug
Socks for Russ
Tapestry
If I stick to this list, I should finish Tapestry just in time for fall. We will see how that goes, I knit the first few rows the other day and the wool made my hands hot.
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It looks like this outside.
And it was very cold and windy before it began to rain.
So I am doing a bit of crochet under the quilt and watching a movie. A good Friday I’d say.
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Buttercup body done
Well it took forever, but the body is finally done. My knitting time has been severely limited as of late, so I decided to enjoy the time I had and worked on this while watching the entire series Twin Peaks.
The fit is great, and it should be. I did try it on about 50 times while working on it. Now onto the sleeves. Hopefully they wont take as long since they will be 3/4.
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That is a lot of extra foot room right there
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Math problems
So I’m happily knitting along on my shawl, about half way through the border when I realize I definitely won’t have enough yarn. Oops.
I weighed the skein before the border.
22 grams
There are 48 repeats of the pattern, when I had done 17, I only had 9 grams left. Double oops.
I’m debating on whether to scrap the whole project and rewind the yarn or to knit the border in another yarn.
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Triangular Frost Flowers and Leaves Shawl
I have wanted to make the Frost Flowers and Leaves shawl from A Gathering of Lace since I saw Eunny Jang’s version a few years back.* I have even attempted to knit it a few times, but always got discouraged by the size of it, and by the complexity of the first chart. And I wasn’t a big fan of the square shape, I much prefer triangular or rectangular shawls.
I even bought this Briar Rose Angel Face (2500 yds!) specifically for this project, but the color made it hard to see what I was doing in the lace, and I kept having to rip back for having the wrong number of stitches.
So I had a great idea a few weeks back: make the shawl triangular by only doing two repeats instead of four. I had to fiddle with the chart a bit, not a ton, and I decided to include the final edging as the side edging. Here’s what I came up with:
I’m feeling quite clever, and I can’t stop admiring the swatch. I want to start on this right away, but I have a couple other things to finish up first. Also I need to find just the right yarn for it.
My current favorite Dream In Color Baby in gold experience.
But I’m also thinking of getting Madeline Tosh Lace in either Filigree or Turquoise.
*Side note: I really miss her blog updates. I’m happy for her for getting a job at Interweave Knits, but yeah… she always knit the most beautiful stuff.
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Spanish peacock shawl
Almost there. One repeat left.
Sam even helped me pin it out.
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Things That Need To Be Done
My sleep schedule is still horribly off. Also I am a massive procrastinator.
I have to have a paper and a discussion prepared for my Monday class every week, and every week I finish it between work ending at 1 pm, and class starting at 6. This past weekend I thought I would get a headstart and start my homework Sunday night, which kind of backfired since I was exhausted by 9 pm. I got a good chunk of it done, so that I only have a bit to finish after work today.
Unfortunately my body was not convinced, and I woke up about every two hours last night, convinced that Everything Is Going To Be Bad. One of those times I even thought, hey if its 5 am, maybe I’ll get up and work on it a bit and I can nap after work. Nope, it was 2 am.
I’m not entirely sure why I put off things that aren’t all that difficult. I have a similar problem with my knitting and quilting projects. I get really excited about something, and work on it every day for a week, then I get busy at work or have a paper due, and either abandon what I was doing or work at a snails pace from then on.
The Spanish Peacock shawl being the latest example of this. It feels like I work on it all the time, and it never looks any bigger. Boo.
I also have a small red bump on my shoulder, which I thought may have been acne, but since its been over a week, my brain just suggested MAYBE ITS MELANOMA. Great. What the hell is wrong with me.
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