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I'll start with this: The original sock scarf. I don't think it's that bad. And here's an update on Lily of the Valley. This is why we block. The lower sleeve is the one I finished a few weeks ago. The upper is the one I finished yesterday. It's a bit wizened. The body is blocking right now... well, half of it is. I blocked the front on the weekend, and this evening I blocked the front. I three-needle bound off the shoulders, so it's kind of tough to work with right now. But I can't work on it, so I started this: This is my new swatch. I wanted to see which colors I would like, and I think I'm going with the red and tan (top right corner). I also wanted to see what needles would work. The pattern calls for US3. I like US2 with this yarn. It's going to be Manhattan by Jean Moss.

Project: Tiger Eyes from Socks, Socks, Socks by XRX Yarn: Patons Kroy They're knit from the toe up, which is good, I guess. I once read that you just follow the heel instructions blindly. Now I know better. The problem was mine. I thought when you start the heel is where the heel starts. Apparently it's in the middle of the foot. I had chosen the pattern based largely on the fact that I needed a pair of dark blue socks, and I only had one ball of dark blue sock yarn, and the pattern led me to believe that I might be able to make these socks with just the one ball. I think it was a full ball of dark blue yarn, though the label had fallen off. I knew just after the heel of the first sock that I was in trouble. So, I got another set of needles out and started the second sock. And this is where I ran out of yarn. I needed a positive knitting experience this weekend, bcause of the whole hurtful sock scarf debacle. So, I grabbed another ball of yarn and kept goin...

Apparently having a blog is going to teach me HTML whether I like it or not. I'm trying to figure out how to get several pictures into the same entry, and with the Hello/Picasa freeware, it's not exactly intuitive. Today's entry, however, is not about pictures. It's about socks. Project: Tipsy Knitter Socks Pattern: It's in Socks, Socks, Socks from XRX. Yarn: Sandnes Sisu. Splits more than Kroy, but I don't mind. It's a nice color. Tipsy Knitter Socks See, they fit! And with the fabulous shoes I bought... The shoes are Rockport Lorenes. They are very light. And this picture reminds me, I need to clean the dining room table before Ed comes home, so he can continue to think that I keep it neat all the time when he's not around.

Project report: Lily of the Valley Pullover http://twoswansyarns.com/2SCart/Jamieson3/Lily.htm Pattern from: Jamieson's 3 Yarn: Briggs and Little Sport I have altered the body of the garment by making the armholes deeper (two inches, rather than one-and-a-quarter) and making the V deeper (I really should post a photo of mine, you can see the difference), which necessitated adding some shape to the sleeve cap. Lily of the Valley Pullover Sleeve You can't tell from this picture, but it really needs blocking. I started this sweater back in early May. I did the back in about a month, the front in about four months, and then yesterday I finished the first sleeve. The sleeve took me a week. I think I will allow myself two weeks for the second sleeve, and then a week for the finishing. So, if I also finish the socks I started on Friday, I will be buying that Frangipani I've been lusting after on around December 5.

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Well, tech writer or not, apparently I am a computer-illiterate booby, because I forgot where my blog was and how to get into it. But I've figured that out now. Perhaps I should Figure out how to post pictures. Perhaps when I get my laptop (next week?) this will be easier. Meanwhile... Current projects: Gold "Tipsy Knitter" socks from Socks x3 Self-designed lace and stripes sweater (been underway in some form or another for at least a year, plan to finish it next week) "Lily of the Valley Pullover" from Jamieson's 3 out of Briggs and Little sock yarn in grey mist, which is decidedly blue-green (I've heard they have some problems with dye lot accuracy there, but I've found the yarn a dream to work with, at a great price -- assuming the garment works out, I'll have spent about $17.93, and I'll probably have a skein left over I have $363 in my knitting budget for the rest of the year. Currently that's going to be four cones of Frangi...

Well, I have finally brought an end to my blogging virginity, after only about two years of hemming and hawing and saying I really ought to start a blog. I always want to do these things with the utmost of planning, but never make the commitment until I'm drunk or something and just all of a sudden do it. So, we all owe this blog to the link at the top of QueerJoe. That should give you a hint as to the main topic of my blog, eh? (Knitting) That should give you a hint as to where I live. (Canada) What have I been up to? (Nobody asked, but I'm the only one in here, so I'll ask it myself.) Saturday I finished "Textured Tee" from Ram Wools, knit in Patons Grace, terra cotta color, which I thought was much more orange than red. I think of terra cotta as being a mid-west red, like the color of mesas or something, but this was more the color of melons or tangerines. Perhaps what this blog needs is for me to learn how to upload pictures. Perhaps that will be m...