First progress report on the UK-RAk Shawl KAL.
Poppy Progress: 04/09 Kick Off
First progress report on the UK-RAk Shawl KAL.
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Oh, b*ll*cks!
So, today is Shawl KAL cast-on day. I worked like fury last night to try to clear the Red Emperor and have one less WIP cluttering the place up. I had five 16 row repeats to do and I got almost all of the way there. I finished the last five rows this morning and …
Sock Guilt
It was in the shower this morning, when Sock Guilt struck. I had been pondering that September would disappear in shawl KAL activities, and that Socktoberfest would soon be upon us. “I’m not engaging with Socktoberfest!” I thought to myself, as I lathered my hair: “Let’s face it – how can I?” I have so …
Poppy Progress: 03/09 Needle Swatch Trauma
Getting ready for tomorrow’s KAL cast on.
Today
Today: I am feeling very strange, after a night of horrible nightmares – the kind where you really do not want to go back to sleep, for fear that they will manifest again. Today: I am rather shaky, and very tired, with a migraine after yesterday’s spinning group (nine (!) women in my sitting room …
KAL Shawl(s)
I’m going “Baa!” this Friday, as I signed up to join the UK-RAK Shawl KAL. My chosen pattern is an Evelyn Clark shawl, Icelandic Poppy, and I expect it to be a huge relief (indulgence) after so much garter stitch in recent weeks. I shall be making it in Kelpie, a cashmere laceweight yarn from …