Everyone wants to be up on Ravelry

Show notes are coming soon

But in the meantime look at the progress I`ve made on the last border of my lace scarf.

Progress report

Here is the progress so far on the first lace project I`ve gotten past row 3 on. I`m obviously biased but I think it`s lovely. I can see myself getting totally addicted to lace knitting. And it can be done with certain sock yarns with about what you might buy for a pair of socks.

Embracing Technology

I've discovered that I can keep this updated by emailing my updates from work (or anywhere really). I can even send in pictures of my progress from my phone.

So, I am nearing the halfway point on my lace scarf (the first lace project ever!). I need to use my new handy dandy gram scale to make sure before I get over the halfway point that I will have enough to finish. The endpieces are knitted on separately, which means that if I don't have enough to finish I would have to rip out the one endpiece and however many body lace repeats necessary and then redo the endpiece. So to avoid that - I bought a scale.

I also broke down and bought a ballwinder and swift. 1250 yards is a bit much to wind by hand and I'm all paranoid about my yarn losing elasticity. So yadda yadda, new winding aparatus should be coming in from knitpicks by the end of the week.

On my socks in Seacoast Panda - Reef - I am just done with the heelflaps and am about to turn the heel and pick up my gusset stiches.

The sock yarn but not socks contest is still ongoing and will close June 15. I will be announcing a winner (along with the full contents of the Sur-prize package) the weekend of the 16th.

That weekend also is Father's Day weekend. If anyone has any ideas for a fun Father's day gift (knitted or not) kindly send those along too. He's not a sports guy. And, he spends a lot of time with our two dogs. Maybe a knitted treat sack for when he takes them to the dog park...

Alright. Keep knitting and stay tuned to the blog. *now with 80% more updates!*

Some mornings look like this.

So, I got a new phone and the cat is completely unfased by my need to try out all of the gadgets.

Episode 7 - Notes from the Drama Club

First of all, I just want to thank everyone for all of their comments and for listening to my podcast. It just goes to my thory that knitters are just good people.

This week has actually found me absorbed in a whole new world of lace knitting. I really like it. As I have said, I have been a backward continental knitter for about 20 years, and for lace knitting, the purls have to be wrapped the "correct" way for the knit two togethers to run smoothly.

I am currently trying out my lace knitting using the pattern on page 100 of Victorian Lace Today and Mars Quake in Sock Merino from Lisa Souza.

Of course, this has given me the confidence to get some Sea Silk in Mermaid and two giant skiens 1250 yards long 50% Silk and 50% Merino, one in Keen from Chewy Spaghetti and one in Midnight Rainbow/Harlot's Peacock from Perchance to Knit.

None of these are done justice by their pictures! The varigation of color on the Keen (very peachy) and Harlot's Peacock are really gorgeous.

The Sea Silk really does live up to the hype. I know it sells out in a flash at the Loopy Ewe, but check out the selection at Tidal Brook Yarns. This is the perfect example of why I say knitters are good people. I bought from Tidal Brook and because I have trouble trusting eBay, I bought the insurance, it calculated it, and I payed with paypal. By the end of the day, I had a refund of the amount I had paid over what the insurance actually costs.

I am having such a good time knitting my lace, so I will keep you updated with pictures as much as possible. Of course it won't look like much until it's blocked, but you can get the gist.

As for the contest: Leave your ideas for what to do with all of the sock yarn I have in my stash that's not socks. Leave patterns, ideas, pictures etc, and of course there will be a prize to my favorite.

Music:

Lara St. John - Bach Allegro (intro as always) (magnatune)
The Laschivious Biddies - Odd Bird (podsafe)
David Ippolito - Bill O'Reilly and the Legend of the Big Giant Head (podsafe) (a little political, but still amusing!)