*sniffle-cough-sneeze....sniffle*

OOOoh my allergies!

Ugh...

Something at the yarn shop totally triggered my allergies today. I think it is a combination of the cold, fall mold starting to bloom because of all the rain we had, and dust...and lots of it.

Ugh...*sniffle*

Next Saturday I am so taking some Claritin.

Today marks the first day of the Mystery Shawl KAL and although the first clue and test swatch was posted earlier today, yahoo was not loading. I was finally able to access the group to get the file printed out. I really think the test swatch should have been released ahead of time.

Here is a pile of roving I've pulled from various dyed batts of blended targhee. My foot is there for a comparison of the pile...my poor skeeter bite riddled foot. One of the downfalls to wearing sandals to work...the skeeters can get at your tender foot flesh and even on my instep! *faint* They itch so much I scratch till I bleed, but then they stop itching.

Anyhoo's, I blended the wool with some glitz to get that sparkle that reminds me of the frost or dew in the morning hours that the new day's rays illuminate. I'll be spinning this up tonight and hopefully workin on the first clue by tomorrow's new rays!

Until next time...

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Kimono Cardigan Wrap Progress

On the Needles Wednesday...on Thursday...

You know if the gave us workers like a week off, THAT would be appreciation worthy of mentioning!! But one day...out of a 365 (minus holidays...for some of us)...is called appreciation? HUMPH! *throws nose up in air, turns a 180, walks away...stumbles over a log that could not be seen because nose was SO far up in the air...does a half roll on ground in half-ass attempt to make the fall look like it was done on purpose...only to accomplish getting severely muddied after the fresh rain we just got.*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOkay then! Comic relief?

Row 98 of 147, 17 inches of 21.

WHEW!

I am gonna need to spin up some more yarn. I am half way through my second skein already! Check out the variegation! I love making my own yarns!!

Until next time...

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Kimono Wrap on it's way into my World!

I finally started on the cardigan kimono wrap last night, and after an hour of trying to get the FIRST ROW knit correctly (first row is always the hardest for me) I got about two inches done. Some of the terms in the pattern are not the "conventional" terms for stitches (SKP instead of SSK...but the same thing) and I am dealing with decreasing on my own instead of having directions for each row. You can see I have the pattern written down on the pad of paper in the background. I've noted which row of the cables and lace repeat goes on each right side row of the back peice and also noting which rows to decrease. It says to decrease 2 stitches in established pattern repeats every alternating 4th and 3rd row, 3 times, and on every 4th row once. WHEW!! It took a couple of minutes to wrap my head around that, especially at around 11PM last night! HA!


And one more picture of yarn p0rn before it gets transformed into my first garment. :) I am sure I will need more than that but I have enough now that I can take a brake from spinning and dyeing like a mad woman. Tee-hee-hee! The yarn is OOBER soft when knit up. I am so excited about this thing. My guage is a little off too. I tried the suggested size 8 and I had 3.5 stitches an inch. The guage calls for 5 an inch. So I went down to a size 7 and now I have 4 an inch. I don't want to go down any more sizes of needle because this is creating a tight fabric with such heavy yarn. This is okay though! It will be just a tad bigger and will fit me better since my bust measurement is 42, and it is only patterned out to a size 40. I am sure I will continue to shrink, and this will always fit me-even if oober loose...but my favorite pieces of clothing are oober loose. :)

Until next time...

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Secret of the Stole...

Starts October 1st!

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Red Scarf Project 2008

Hummm, I missed this last year. I think I may take a gander and knit a couple scarves for them this year. I'll add a note and a link to me blog and maybe I will get some thank yous back from someone who likes the scarf. :) Click this link for details on how YOU can make a difference in someone's life.

Here is the link to the KAL blog: http://redscarfproject.wordpress.com/

And here is yet another blog supporting this: http://nownormaknits2.typepad.com/red_scarf_project_2008

Thanks to Lime and Violet for notifying thier readers that the deadlines and guidelines have changed.

Until next time...

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