No pictures today. I'm in Ottawa for work, and I didn't grab my digital camera. I didn't do any knitting on the plane, instead I read Life of Pi for the Knit Blogger's read-a-long. I finished it - wonderful book. I'm glad I joined the group - I wouldn't have read this book otherwise.
Elfin Lace Shawl
This progresses slowly. Its very pretty, but it will be winter before its done, I'm afraid. I'm down to getting 6 of the 8 rows in a repeat done in a 50 minute lesson time. I left this project at home, but I think I've completed 10 of the 29 pattern repeats.
Smooch
This is coming along nicely. I'm up to the increases in the body on the back. I decided against doing it in the round, mostly to save myself the tedium of casting on 350 stitches. I couldn't face doing the lace part wrong again with that many stitches cast on... so of course it worked perfectly this time. I'm looking forward to getting this done.
New Project
So, its not really a _new_ project, but I'm picking it back up. I had an idea a while back for a baby blanket for my cousin. I'm playing around with the shell pattern from Horst Schultz's book
Patchwork Knitting
Neat concept, execpt I don't like clothes with that many colors in them, and would never wear a sweater like that. So, I have this picture in my head.
I'm trying to make each piece look more like a fan than a shell. I'm also thinking of making the color changes more gradual by making some fans two-colored. We'll see. Maybe I'll finish it this time.
Just to prove I don't knit all my baby blankets in Lion Brand yarn - this one is being knit in Plymouth Encore. So there.
Other Stuff
Had a very nice 4th of July. Went to my parent's, watched the fireworks over the lake in Albert Lea, MN. Nature got into the act as well. A thunderstorm blew in as we sat waiting for it to be dark enough for the fireworks to start. They started the display early, but it still started to rain on us while we watched. My husband commented that they must be using the hurry-up-no-delay program on the fireworks - they did seem closer together than in previous years. It was awesome watching the lightning and the fireworks together. At one point, in a break in the fireworks, lighting flashed in a spiderweb pattern among the clouds. Right on the heels of the lightning was a huge firework... it was gorgeous! Breathtaking! The little one loved it - she was entranced by the lights and the sound.
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