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{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your moment in the comments for all to find and see.
Joining Ginny this week.
Feel free to leave a comment with what you're reading and knitting.
I picked A Killer of Pilgrims back up after a long break. I'm having to reread a bit because it's been so long and the author sprinkles clues throughout the book. I love these books, but it is hard to read sharing a room with a little.
A couple days ago I started a Christmas gift. I'm going to keep it a secret, even if the recipient probably wouldn't realize it was for him, even if he read the blog. "Bye bye!" "Uh oh" and "Pleeees" are figuring more prominently in his vocabulary than stranded colorwork.
We found our handknits this past week! Not much use in Hawaii but on a cool evening, they make fun play accessories (or he was just humoring mama).
Joining Ginny this week.
Feel free to leave a comment with what you're reading and knitting.
The little blue hat has been finished for a week, but I still need to do some embellishment. Good thing I always knit too big so maybe baby will still be able to wear it!
I'm on the last couple rows of a cowl for my Mom for Christmas. Of course, those rows are 201 stitches (miscounted by one while casting on) and purling takes SO. LONG. This project has eaten yarn and it won't be as high as I'd hoped. I suspect she'll have to wear it looped most of the time.
I'm reading a great book that Partner picked up for me. A collecion of short stories and essays, I find them addictive. I've only read 4-5 but I'm always saying, "I'm just going to finish this one" and find myself starting the next one, as though unable to stop myself. I have never been a fan of short stories or essays, but they really are perfect when you have to steal moments with a little one. I'm about to go back to a longer fiction book and I'll probably have to reread some of it to remind myself what has happened already.
I have knit several of Kristen's patterns, including a mystery sock pattern. I decided to participate in a shawl KAL.
When I was knitting, I was afraid I'd made a mistake because the ribbed lace looked awful. But then after blocking the pattern is beautiful.
In the initial instructions, Kristen said to use a solid yarn or a gradient. I was insistent on using stash yarn and I only had one yarn with enough yardage. Sigh. I should have done a modified gradient with some other yarn in stash. This pattern would have done so much nicer in a solid yarn.
I also didn't swatch, which is a bad idea when you have just enough yardage. I evidently am no longer a tight knitter as it became evident near the end I was going to be woefully short on yardage. This began a frantic look on Ravelry. I'm apparently the only person in the world who bought this yarn and is on Ravelry. I finally found some overpriced mini skeins in a similar color. In fact, the darker colors and absence of yellow would have made a shawl I'd have loved even more. I alternated new and old yarn for the last ten rows. You may just be able to see the darker yarn in the bind off row.
Not that I don't love this shawl, but it could have been better.
Wiggle is a fan as well!
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{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your moment in the comments for all to find and see.
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