Including another in the Miri series, "I haz a pillow."
There has been yarn-winding:
There has been swatching:
Admittedly, it's an oddly shaped swatch...
(It turned out I didn't need to make it quite as big as I did at first, but why waste all that time?)But the bigger problem is that it has three and a half stitches to the inch, and the pattern calls for three. Expect to see a swatch on a different sized needle soon (this was a US 10 and a half).
There has been odd-book-looking:
And there has been blocking. Yes!
Before washing:
And after:
Off to un-pin it!
Oh, the shawl looks lovely! You need to have someone model it for you for a "glamour shot."
ReplyDeletePlease do tell about the lovely book "How to Hold an Audience Without the Pope" as the title has me intrigued.
Behold--Carlos, the "circular but not round" pillow.
ReplyDeleteBlocking seems like some sort of knitting magic. At least to this knitting muggle.
(WV: "catete"--a term for more than one cat, as in, "I was knitting up a storm while the catete was snoozing away.")
Ooh your shawl is gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteYour book about your husband being off to war (can't remember the title exactly) reminds me of one I got about being a military spouse. I was horrified that I was expected to host "coffees" that sounded like some kind of fifties throw back. I managed to stay away from a lot of things that book suggested. I feel bad spouses have had to deal with such stupid books for so LONG. Though your picture totally made me giggle.