In the Face of Disaster

Posted on 7 October 2004 by zardra

Knitting away on the shawl the other night (within rows of getting to the repeat section) I dropped a couple stitches on a purling row*… and of course, in lace, dropping a couple of stitches turns into dropping several stitches. Thankfully, I am beginning to get a feel for the design** and believe I can fix it without too much difficultiy… just need to find a time when my patience is at an all time high.

*I was tired and should have known better than keep knitting on a lace pattern… but it was so close… I was almost there… *sigh*

**I have only just realized that I have to mention what design I am using for my sister’s shawl… it’s the Anne shawl out of Stahlman’s Shawls and Scarves.

Excitement in Blogger World

Posted on 4 October 2004 by zardra

Nothing quite like accidently deleting your entire template while trying to add Haloscan comments to your blog. That was a lot of fun. Decided that I wanted a tmeplate with a little more color. Had to track down all the links I had on my sidebar and set them up again. Had to redo the code for the comments… at least this time I got them set up where I wanted them.

Lace Shawl, Part 1

Posted on 3 October 2004 by zardra

I, unfortuantely, did not get anywhere near where I wanted to be the other night because I had to tink out a couple of rows. I think when I get to the repeat section I’ll put in a lifeline… it would be so much easier to be able to rip back to a place I knew was right rather than trying to figure out where one mistake might be and slowly, stitch by stitch, work back to it…. especially as the shawl grows in size.

I need to clean all my knitting stuff off the spare bed sometime this afternoon. My sister is flying out to Florida to see her fiancee and needs to be at the airport at 5:30 Wednesday morning, so she’ll be staying with us Tuesday night. Haven’t had to use the guest bed in some time, and it had thus become a wonderful place to stack all sorts of spinning and knitting related items. Now I need to find homes for all of them… fun fun.

I think I will try to work on the shawl some more after I clean off the bed.

Lace Shawl: The Beginning

Posted on 1 October 2004 by zardra

I thought I was getting off to a good start casting on my sister’s wedding shawl a week and a half ago. I have even gotten into the lace pattern, but I haven’t yet reached the repeat section. I figure I ‘ve got about 2 and a half months to finish it and still have time to block it… I just need to sit down and do it. If it weren’t white I’d feel more comfortable taking it places, but I’m terrified of getting it dirty.

I will try to at least get to the repeat section tonight, and then, the shawl will go with me to the LYS tomorrow for several hours of knitting.

I should take a picture of it before I start working on it tonight so that I can really see the progress as I go.

Testing pictures, take 2 (resizing and linking)

Posted on 1 October 2004 by zardra

This is a silk and baby alpaca blend that I spun myself on a spindle. This silk is dyed pink, purple, and green, while the alpaca was only green… bright, lime green.

Testing Pictures

Posted on 29 September 2004 by zardra

This is the close-up of a scarf I made for my physical anthropology professor when I found out he was retiring. I used about 2 skeins of Cascade 220 Tweed in a green color I can’t remember the name of.

My new space

Posted on 28 September 2004 by zardra

I’ve been needing a separate place to extol… or perhaps expound… upon my knitting. This is therefore going to be the place I share with the world my adventures and misadventures in knitting… and other fiber related crafts.

Knitting from Outer Space

My adventures in knitting, spinning, and life