Mystery Stole

I've been so close to finishing this stole for so long now! I was finished with the last RS row and just about to do the last WS row when I saw a mistake on the wing join 6 or 8 rows back. If it had been a small mistake, I would have left it but, no, it had to be fairly major. I had somehow twisted the live stitches that I was purling together with the wing section. This resulted in a bump and it looked funny. For a solution, I put it down for a while and started the other beaded shawl. Real project commitment, huh?

This morning, I picked the mystery stole back up in order to finish it. I frogged 8 rows, corrected the mistake, and knit away happily. Over my lunch break, I was able to get to the middle of the 8th (the last WS row) when I had to go back to work. I am *this* close (holding forefinger and thumb very close together) to being able to bind off and I don't think I can stand it! I'm going to try to pick up some welding rods tonight so I can block the stole when it is finished. This should be interesting because I am all dressed up for work in a skirt and heels. Want to bet that I will get some funny looks from the people in the hardware store?

Oh, I'll start adding pictures again to this blog sooner or later. I just haven't had pictures to show recently. Sorry!

I feel like an idiot

So I forgot that I had my PayPal account tied to a hotmail account which I don't check frequently. This makes it a little difficult when people try to contact you via your PayPal information and you don't check that email more than once a month. I found out a couple of days ago that I won a book, The Knitters Journal, in Claudia's MS Ride Raffle at the end of June. That is almost 2 months ago! I feel so silly! I contacted Claudia and Julie (the woman who generously donated it) and luckily the book is still available. So now I am looking forward to that in the mail. Thanks, Claudia and Julie!

I promised myself that I wouldn't dive into Cat Bordhi's new book until I got a couple of projects off of the needles. That resolve is getting harder and harder. The book is amazing. She takes sock knitting and completely turns it on its ear. Completely. Amazing. Kim is going to be having a sock club every 2nd and 4th Friday from 3 pm until closing because of this book. Four hours of socks! *sigh*


How about the projects I am working on? Well, I'm on the last 2 rows of the mystery stole. Other people's pictures of the finished stole are just amazing. I wasn't sure what I thought of the wing or an asymmetrical stole before but now that I've seen the pictures, I love it. They really look nice. I guess that is the beauty of lace; something you think looks strange pre-blocking is suddenly the most beautiful thing you've ever seen once it is blocked. Anyway, I've sworn to get this stole finished before moving on to the next project.

The other project was a simple pair of footies from remnants of my TOFUtsies yarn that has been hanging around since my Anastasia socks. Those took no time at all to finish. I think I was just trying to get my projects list on Ravelry to be longer.

Now I am working on another beaded lace shawl. I think there is something addictive about lace and beads. Lace on its own is a dangerous substance but combine it with beads and stand back! :)