Pentecost Sunday. Today is bittersweet; our head priest is retiring, and today is his last Sunday. I love this guy. I'm happy for him, but I will miss him so much. And I am concerned about his replacement. Unlike the Roman Catholic church, Anglican parishes do the 'interview' thing and call a priest with the approval of the bishop. We had a priest a couple of times back that looked great on paper, interviewed well (according to a friend on the vestry search committee) and was a total jerk and disaster in reality. So I worry.
Also bells play for the last time before we break for the summer. I miss playing, but it's nice to have my Wednesdays a bit less busy.
Good week for crafting this week. I introduced my 'new' knitting project (which is actually my oldest knitting UFO), a lace shawl. The only problem is that it's going to be very hard to see progress on it. First of all, it's all crowded on a circular needle, just going round and round. And second of all, unblocked lace looks horrible; I've heard it described as "ramen noodles". I think you all will be very bored with this project. But isn't it going to be pretty!
You all may just get this type of 'stretched out quasi blocked' picture every now and then, but usually just a row count. And since this is an 'at home, when I'm rested, and under magnification and excellent lighting' type of project, there may be other knitting every now and then. The photo above is the big center square. I've picked up all the way around it for the borders and have done the 8 rounds for the set up for the border. I'm now on Chart 1 of 3 of the border; there are 136 border rounds. I have set myself a goal of one side a day on work days and two sides on the weekends. Ever increasing rounds - adding four stitches every round (actually 8 every other round). Karla does CRAZY projects strikes again LOL.
I'm half way around on the hexagon section applique. It's been my travel project; each hexi 'side' is just 3/4 inch, so it's easy to sneak one in, even on a busy day.
On Dutch Beauty, good progress. Here it is at 6 hours. This motif is going quickly due to the fact that it's just a couple of colors and very easy counting. Getting the tulip flower done is this afternoon's stitching.
Linking up at Kathy's. Thank you for dropping by and do swing by the link party and see what the other SSStitchers are doing.
Also bells play for the last time before we break for the summer. I miss playing, but it's nice to have my Wednesdays a bit less busy.
Good week for crafting this week. I introduced my 'new' knitting project (which is actually my oldest knitting UFO), a lace shawl. The only problem is that it's going to be very hard to see progress on it. First of all, it's all crowded on a circular needle, just going round and round. And second of all, unblocked lace looks horrible; I've heard it described as "ramen noodles". I think you all will be very bored with this project. But isn't it going to be pretty!
I'm half way around on the hexagon section applique. It's been my travel project; each hexi 'side' is just 3/4 inch, so it's easy to sneak one in, even on a busy day.
On Dutch Beauty, good progress. Here it is at 6 hours. This motif is going quickly due to the fact that it's just a couple of colors and very easy counting. Getting the tulip flower done is this afternoon's stitching.
Dutch Beauty is so pretty. I love the pattern of that shawl. I've completed two lace knits and I was quite surprised at the change in each once they were blocked. It is hard to realized what you are accomplishing as you knit round and round.
ReplyDeleteBlocking lace is amazing, isn't it. You go from this crumpled mess to really lovely light fabric with drape. It's like magic.
DeleteBeautiful knitting project. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It takes a lot of concentration, but will be worth it in the end.
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