To Keep my Blog Alive

I get this idea that I can't post anything here unless I have pictures, and I can't take pictures when I'm home because it takes away from my knitting time!

I actually finished a pair of socks! Ok, almost finished, still need to graft the toe and weave ends, but just as good as finished, right? I keep thinking I don't need sock blockers, but these are all smooshed together so maybe I do. Or maybe I'll just wear them a bit. Or at least have them on my feet for picture purposes.

Next - I started the dragon shawl, finally! I've had this pattern for months - waiting for the right time to start it, and finally it just feels right now. It's quite a contrast following the Dragone chart compared to the MS3 chart - in some ways it's easier - or I guess at least it's predictable. I'm about 60 rows in, I think, and I am truly amazed at the design and what must have gone into it. Now I need to think about what occasions I might wear a dragon shawl....maybe the Renaissance Festival? Not sure I can get it done by then, but maybe toward the end of it.

MS3 - I finished the first chart of the 4th clue on Tuesday, which is when I picked up the dragon. I figure I will start the 2nd chart this evening, it being Friday and all. This clue has gone much, much quicker than the others - I suppose the predictability thing again, with the center section.

I shall try to do pics this weekend!

Work at Home Day

How I do love my Wednesday work at home days. Shorts and rock and no interruptions. At least not many. And it's 6:30, dinner's done and we're relaxing - usually I'm still doing prep.

On to knitting - clue 3 on the mystery stole has been done for a couple days.
Here's another picture - it surprises me, not only in my pics but others I've seen, how the beads barely show. Mine are quite a contrast in color and do show well irl.
I spent alot of weekend time at my computer so made lots progress on my orange tank. I'm kinda worried about the shaping of the whole thing - seems wider than it should, but then so am I.
I'm enjoying a little down time from the MS3 clues. I'm hoping to do a few projects for the Fluff Factory Auctions which will be coming up in August and I will write about later. Also I'm thinking I need to leaf through my patterns and start another shawl......gawd I love starting things.

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I am enjoying knitting this shawl sooooooooo much! Melanie, the mystery designer, suggested white or black to stick to the shawl's theme, but I was desparate to start so I got the beads I liked best at Walmart, arranged potential coordinating lace weight on my bed and chose this combination. The beads are metallic bronze bead mix, Fashion Glass brand. I have no idea what size they are, but the tube says they are a choking hazzard and the color is not permanent. Hmmm...color's not permanent? Okay...anyway my yarn is I-don't-remember colorway from www.100purewool.com single ply merino lace.


I am totally relaxing today - I think now I shall take a bubble bath with my gossip magazine (headline - "Janet's Shocking Weight Gain!" I do indeed have something in common with Mz. Jackson), and try to align my chakras to lace knitting to begin Clue 3!

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So, yeah, I was supposed to finish this while we were in on vacay in P-A last week, however, I didn't get much done at all. Dream vacation - knitting and watching movies or old series, guilt free, for, oh even three days. Ah well - this is what is now my traffic/computer project.


This is a lacy tank from some random pattern I got from my LYS for buying yarn. The yarn, btw, is Berroco Touche cotton/rayon - very soft. I'm thinking I'm going to go all Halloweenish and wear this orange tank over a black tank (wish I could do a cami, but....um). It's ok for a 45 year old woman to layer an orange lacy tank, right?

Tomorrow I'm hoping to get all caught up with MS3 - I have about 15 rows on clue 2, and I'm hoping I can stay caught up then (curses to that P-A vacay once more - no way I could have knit lace & beads there). I'll then get it all pinned out nice and post pics. I also really want to figure that silly godaddy sidebar - I want links and icons and an about me vanity blurb there, but it's not co-operating. Tomorrow, tomorrow!

7-12 Migrated entry from 1st blog attempt

Oh, I was so frustrated with quickblog, I decided to start over here. *kicking self* once more. I don't see how to import, so since it was all pretty new anyway, I'ma gonna c&p!

Blog Entry No. 1

Does anyone ever have a creative first blog entry? Is it generally something about finally getting around to doing it; reading everyone else's blogs and feeling left out; not really knowing what to say or if anyone will actually read?

I don't think this first entry will be any better.

There seems to be an on-line knitting phenomena that - if you knit, you blog. At least if you want to share your projects, the easiest way to do so is to paste that pic in a blog. That will be, for the most part, what this spot is all about, but of course other stuff occasionally, too.

Posted by Sue Paules at 7/12/2007 4:28 AM | Add Comment