I seem to have stopped enjoying the Swallowtail Shawl. I imagine that is just because of the sheer awkwardness of handling it now. Things will improve when I get my needles back. In the meantime, maybe a rest will do me good and refresh my enthusiasm. All the same, I reckon 60% done is a …
Monthly archives: August 2008
Nupp Fatigue
Enough! I am up to row 117, and I have 227 stitches on the needles. This is Row 4 of the 10 row second Lily of the Valley chart. I have Nupp Fatigue and can do no more tonight. Only 23 rows to go. Sounds like the end is in sight but I am in …
Swallowtail flying
Is it time for a photo? I am not sure – there isn’t much to see at this stage. What stage? Well, I just passed the halfway point. The first Lily of the Valley chart is completed, with 113 rows knitted so far and 26 rows to go. I have 219 stitches (or I hope …
Oh, ******* ****!
A new expletive has entered my vocabulary – “Oh, nupping hell!” When I got my shawl home yesterday, ready to purl back across the last row of the last repeat of chart2, I found I had a wrong stitch count. I tinked back all the way to the beginning of the repeat. It took all …
Spinning Day
Spinning group is at M’s today. I can’t decide whether to take the car and my wheel or go on the bike as the day is fine – I’m inclined to knit anyway, as I am just two repeats from the end of chart 2 on the Swallowtail. Yes, 25% done already – 12 repeats …
More swallowtail
70 rows, 135 stitches; 9 repeats of chart 2 completed – overall, 12% done. I am about to pass the furthest point achieved thus far. I may put in another lifeline to celebrate 🙂 It occurs to me that we haven’t heard much of the Official Blog Puppy lately. This due, I am sure, to …