Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The Wrist Insists ...

on knitting lace, and nothing but!  

As of Saturday, I was literally this much (aka one row away) from finishing the Oyster Bay Shawl, my present to myself upon being told by the orthopedist that it was OK for me to resume knitting.

That was just about a month ago - I'm now thrilled that my knitting speed, while somewhat hampered, has returned to somewhat normal ...

What I AM noticing, though, is that any attempt to knit something other than lace has been met with great resistance from the almighty left wrist - yeah, I know - this too shall pass... but NOT SOON ENOUGH pour moi - I really really really want to make this in the colorway TRANCE, of which now I own two skeins, and, if I'm lucky enough, I can try like heck to start it tonight - it might just work, since, like lace knitting, but unlike "real sweater" knitting, my wrist (and attached adjacent hand) won't object!

update:  Oyster Bay, c'est fini

 (except for the blocking, of course, because I still haven't found that willing soul who will block it and the other three shawls hanging around waiting).

Oh well.


why is it that one kitty or the other always wants to claim a shawl for their own?

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

THIS Pig Doesn't Fly ...

While running errands yesterday, I happened to "have" to walk by one of my favorite Manhattan stores, Reminiscence.
 

There's always something new and different and CUTE...

No matter how hard I try, I just cannot NOT walk in there, 

 and I just CANNOT leave empty-handed!

Sunday, September 7, 2008

PROUD ...



as a Peacock, I guess ... for some reason (as you may have noticed by now), I'm still drawn to that colorway.  Witness the 97th iteration/aka purchase of that colorway, still in an attempt to figure out the Buttonhole Scarf from VK Fall 2008.

This time it's Brown Sheep Lambs' Pride Worsted in "Persian Peacock".

The pattern is supposed to be "VEVV - translation: Very Easy Very Vogue - but - there's something wonky about the pattern - maybe it's me, but my old brain doesn't wrap well around odd numbered rows being the wrong side and even numbered rows being the right side, therefore, I'm having mental issues  - or maybe it's the broken wrist transferring its inadequacies over to the head?

supposed wrong side...
and supposed right side ...

but I am not sure that it matters which side is "right or wrong", since, after all, it IS a scarf!

ps:  I think I'm in LOVE with the new Google Chrome browser - it seems to be reading my (befuddled) mind!