still going…..
just in case you were wondering… and that’s not all.
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flat out and running..
I’m having a hard time making time. Waking early and going to bed late haven’t done much to help. In between work, I dye, or maybe I could phrase it better… while I work, I dye.. AND, do laundry.
If I can focus in the evening, and sit a minute, I’ve got Evelyn Clark’s Trellis on the needles. Another lovely pattern. That 7 to 5 stitch thing isn’t bad if you can remember to keep your purl row loose enough. The hardest part is keeping the yo’s in the right order when you purl back across on the following row.
The new Wild Fibers Magazine was in the mail yesterday. Mine is always late. The Bison Tracks shawl, another of Evelyn Clark’s beauties is in it. It isn’t charted. I DO charts, written instructions leave me in the dust. Anyone have it charted out yet? Twenty rows, makes me sweat thinking about all the possibilities for mistakes in transcribing that one.
7 responses to “flat out and running..”
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Good to know about the Evelyn Clark shawl. I can knit by chart, but when I began her Sheep shawl, I found she had also enclosed the entire written directions. So, I reverted to the old way, reading instructions, and have been truely enjoying it! It’s like being bilingual, functioning just fine in your second language, but suddenly having the opportunity to speak nothing but your first!
All of this is no help to you, though. Sorry I digress. -
I love the winning shawl, too.
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Not as late as mine! But now I am looking forward to the shawl pattern, so I have something cheerful to wait for today in spite of the fact that it’s snowing here again.
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I wonder why they didn’t include charts. It’s so much easier.
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http://www.buffalogold.net/
Note that the chart may be posted later on – so there’s hope. -
I chart it..otherwise, it takes too long and I put it away. Checking the chart four obsessive times takes less time than written directions.
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This gives you the perfect opportunity to try Jacquie’s new charting program:
http://jacquie.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/01/online_knitting.html
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more of nothing
After seeing that ( the little "-" under the "2" is not an underline mark… ) you might think that with all the time I must have indoors, well.. maybe a lot of knitting or spinning was taking place. You would think. Instead, the rollaway under the bed containers have had a going through. So has the blanket chest, the bureau and the closet. It is a chore I particularly dislike. It’s done. I have stuff for the Salvation Army, new rags for the shop and room to see what I have. The feather bed came down from storage above the bedroom and is now where it should be this time of year.
The cats, well…. they KNOW it is too cold to be outside. Zach and Sam alternate between games of hide and seek and tag. Zach spent half the morning ambushing anyone who walked by his "tent". When I finally went for the camera, he strolled out and lost interest. End of game. Bu wants nothing to do with any of it.
There it is. I continue to tie skeins for dyeing. I’m an inch from finishing the sleeves of the Everyday Cardi. Everything beckons, everything except the outdoors. Shoveling the deck off this afternoon and carrying in the wood for the night was plenty.
Stay warm.
10 responses to “more of nothing”
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Was it -2 all day!? That is cold….brrr. You stay warm and get a little knitting in, too.
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It’s not quite that cold here but still much colder than I’d like it to be. Stay warm!
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Weather like that “ain’t fit fir man nor beast!”
Cozy up under that feather bed and wait it out! -
I’m definitely not enjoying this artic freeze that’s blown our way.
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It is COLD. -17 last night, by report. I didn’t stick my nose out after dark. Bought a sweater late afternoon, knit a bunch, ate too much, not enough exercise. The body pretends that it knows better than to use calories, in an anachronistic attempt to keep us alive.
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Ha! I’ve got the same cat thing going on here. My age 9 sister cats haven’t played tag in the house for years. . . until this week. Now it’s all tag all the time. Thankfully, the giant dog declines to play the game with them.
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bbrrrr-Sounds like you have plenty to keep busy and warm. This is the only time of year it’s worth living here. Seems the cats are making the very best of it too;)
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Amazing what can get done indoors when the outdoors no longer beckons.
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It was fifteen here the other day too, but make that celsius…
I guess cold gets to a point where even colder is just still plain cold. Just like hot does. -
hmm, living in florida does have it’s good points…
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22 responses to “TGIF”
A fibery rainbow. Wonderful.
You have been WAY busy!!
Wow!!!
OMG! Did you dye all that? And spin it too? I’m AMAZED! And jealous!
~drool~
Oh my! Is it posted on the sidebar?
Holy Crapola! You have been MUCH busier than I!
Holy Crapola! You have been MUCH busier than I!
*swoon*
Now that’s a pile of fiber! Looking forward to seeing it in person.
chromatic visionary!…beautiful work Judy!
You are the Woman! Love how you’ve arranged them for their photo op… Beautiful stuff!
I can attest they are even more beautiful in person!!!
What alot of work. Beautiful, but better you than me.
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Lovely! Can’t wait! That blue on the right? Mineminemine!
That yarn is beautiful.
You are selling this yarn?I absolutely want some of the lighter yellow or maybe some of the gold.
WOW
Mary Ellen
Gorgeous and tempting. Looking. Away. Now. (but gorgeous! and tempting!)
I love them all, I want to have them all. Curse this tight budget! Curse it! I tell you!
Dang! And not only a lot of beautiful colors, but a potload of work too! You’ve been very very busy.
OMG! This stuff is luscious!!!! You are a dyeing DIVA!
Gorgeous as always!
Sensory overload! You are amazing – those colors. After I am done with this knit from my stash business, I am looking you up!