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Working on the Shawl Again
I had a successful trip to the Yarn Lady yesterday and was able to find the 10.75s I needed although I paid a pretty penny for them. I finished knitting up the 10.5 skein at lunch and joined the 10.75 skein, but haven't switched needles yet (I'll do that at the Dr.'s office this afternoon). With that transfer, I will have 2 more skeins to knit up (and one more needle size to go up) and the shawl will be done. I'm going to have to be a little bit careful with the last skein, since technically I'm a skein short (7 as apposed to 8) so I'll have to stop knitting in the middle of the skein and bind off. We will have to see how successful I am.
I even if I finish the shawl in the next week, I'll still have another 3 weeks of monitoring to go before I deliver (I hope) and I'll still need a circular needle project to keep me busy. I owe my MIL a rectangular shawl in dark brown, so I think I may look into getting some new yarn and starting that, with the idea that I will try and finish it for her birthday, in October. I have a pattern that I like, with mini-cables, but I need to get the yarn for it. I think I may need to make another trip to Suzoo's in a couple of weeks to do just that.
I also got the heel finished and turned on my SIL's first sock yesterday. I'm now working the gussett decreases. I think that I will start the second sock on my spare pair of size 1s over the weekend, so I don't loose the lace pattern from my head. And I need to put some time in on my BIL's socks, which have been in "time-out" for a little while.
I even if I finish the shawl in the next week, I'll still have another 3 weeks of monitoring to go before I deliver (I hope) and I'll still need a circular needle project to keep me busy. I owe my MIL a rectangular shawl in dark brown, so I think I may look into getting some new yarn and starting that, with the idea that I will try and finish it for her birthday, in October. I have a pattern that I like, with mini-cables, but I need to get the yarn for it. I think I may need to make another trip to Suzoo's in a couple of weeks to do just that.
I also got the heel finished and turned on my SIL's first sock yesterday. I'm now working the gussett decreases. I think that I will start the second sock on my spare pair of size 1s over the weekend, so I don't loose the lace pattern from my head. And I need to put some time in on my BIL's socks, which have been in "time-out" for a little while.