I'll start with books because I didn't get any pictures with them. And I started a new one. Because I finally finished
Life of Pi. It was interesting. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a weak stomach or in the first trimester - it's rather graphic. So now, for a change of pace, I started a Sherlock Holmes tale,
Scandal in Bohemia.
As to my knitting, Karen called it. I finished the shawl last night. Thanks for
egging me on encouraging me to get it finished. :) I did really like the pattern - nice and simple. And I did figure out how I dropped those stitches. I very nearly did it again! But caught myself this time so crisis averted. I did find the bind off ridiculously tedious, though. It took me over three hours to finish! Granted, I am highly distractable and maybe if I'd been able to focus it would have gone more quickly. It's hard to focus when it's one thing after another - I was hungry, I was thirsty, my back hurt, my butt hurt, I had to go to the bathroom, I was hungry again, I had to yell at the TV "you can't leave me hanging like that for four months!" I had to pee again, I was thirsty again... It was the season finales of
NCIS and
NCIS:LA ;-) Luckily (?) the LA one was 2 hours. Luckily since I was gonna be up working anyway. And just after 11 this is what happened...
The bind off also required a copious amount of yarn! And as you can see I didn't realize it would. Thankfully I have one more ball of the same yarn but what a pain. Part of me wishes I'd just joined the other yarn and added a few more rows of the lace (which I'd thought about doing) but I wanted to be done and didn't want to mess around. Oh well, hind sight and all. And being after 11 at night I didn't mess around with finding the proper spot in the color to join but I don't think it's all that noticeable. Time (and blocking) will tell.
Now it just needs blocking and shipping off :) I'll try to post some pictures before I send it.
But first off to link up with
Ginny.
8 comments:
It is just beautiful. She is going to love it. How very special for you to do that. Congratulations on finishing it and especially on picking up the dropped stitches. I would have probably bagged the project at that point!
Your are so funny Kate, thanks for the laugh this morning.
My heart nearly stopped when I saw your first photo, but am so glad you were able to finish. The shawl is lovely.
Have a wonderful yarn along day.
Yay~ The shawl is lovely and it is off the needles!! I did enjoy your agony while finishing. It was soooo worth it, right?
Oh, that's lovely! I missed most of the knitting of it - things have been so crazy here, I've not been keeping up with my blog-reading. Glad to be catching up in time to see the beautiful result! xo
Beautiful! Great knitting!
Beautiful shawl! I love the colors. My great grandmother used to say that little things like the perfect color join will "never be seen from a galloping horse" and that was sort of her gold standard for nitpicky perfection -- if you wouldn't see it from a galloping horse, then why bother, I guess?!?
Awesome job!!! You rocked it!
Congrats on finishing the shawl! Ahh, that must feel good to have it off the needles and looking so lovely!
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