Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Maybe I should go to work for Calvin Klein?

I don’t have much to report today as I have been a bit obsessed.  I couldn’t begin to guess why this shawl/scarf/whatever-it-is seems to effortlessly commandeer all my free time and attention, but it does.  From the way things are going, I suspect it will continue to until it’s finished - which at this rate, shouldn’t take very long :)

I dropped into Fishtail Lace yesterday afternoon.

The question now is do I continue it out to the end or just do a few repeats and then meander on to something else - this having been a kind of meandering project!

Here’s where we are now:

It also turns out that I have more yarn than I originally anticipated.  No, I said that wrong.  I knew when I started how much yarn I had.  What I mean is that it’s going further than I expected so it looks as though the shawl is going to be bigger than just generous scarf size.  This is just fine by me!

My Wednesday is rainy - which makes it a fine day to sit and knit.  I hope your Wednesdays are also going well and in directions that please you :)

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1. i like the idea of a ‘meandering shawl’- it sounds most relaxing and like it will allow you to just let your fingers and subconscious knitting knowledge take you along the patterning-

   we are huffing and puffing from both heat and humidity here- i always act utterly surprised when a texas summer turns out just like a texas summer- it’s like a personal affront each year, but it does make the idea of autumn even more delightful-

   stay happy-

   Posted by  on  07/18  at  04:37 PM
   Location : in Mother Nature's sauna...



2. *hee* You’ve been bitten by the laceweight shawl bug! Welcome to the club. :-) It’s coming out just beautifully.

   Posted by Opal  on  07/18  at  05:16 PM
   Location : Honolulu, HI



3. Barb - Well, it’s certainly a low stress, no pressure project - unless you count the inability to work on anything else and the need to pick it up every time I sit down (plus the excuses I make to sit down at every opportunity so I can work on the piece!).

   I’m sorry to hear about youe swampy summer - I know that’s no fun.  If it helps, it always hits Myria the same way - despite the evidence of previous...well...previous summers :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  07/18  at  05:18 PM
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4. That is very pretty! Sounds like fun, designing a shawl.
   Sheri in GA

   Posted by Sheri  on  07/18  at  07:44 PM
   Location : GA



5. Opal - Well, it isn’t all lace, but I take your point.  Nice to know this disease has a name - besides the one that might require the intervention of a mental health expert :) Heheh…
   

   Posted by Robbyn  on  07/18  at  09:17 PM
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6. Sheri - WHy thank you and it sure is fun - though I can’t say there’s anything like a plan involved.  It’s like Topsy; it just growed!

   Posted by Robbyn  on  07/18  at  09:19 PM
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7. I love the colors - beautiful!

   Posted by Bliss  on  07/21  at  02:23 PM
   Location : 2 miles past the jumping off place



8. Bliss - Thanks :) Some of this yarn I’ve had marinating for quite a while and some is fairly new.  And one day it just all came together and said knit me! It’s a cocktail, a combination of three different things that just semed, suddenly, to surface together and combine beautifully.  A good arguement for stash :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  07/21  at  07:55 PM
   Location : Following the yellow brick road...

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