Cozy on up to me.
I never did post an update on Cozy and my cousin’s wedding, did I? Oops!
I ended up not finishing the wrap in time for the wedding. I was up to three feet by noon on the day of the wedding, and I’d already warned Mom that it wasn’t looking good for getting finished. She called at 12:30 and said that she’d found a substitute, so my fingers and hands finally got to rest. I’d been knitting almost all of my waking time since 2:00 p.m. the previous day!
I still haven’t really picked it back up. I did a few more rows, maybe a complete pattern repeat, but I just needed a break.
So I started on Phillip’s socks.
I’ve gotten halfway through the heel flap on the first one. I have to hand it to the sock knitters … it’s nice and easy, and a basic sock is mindless knitting that’s still enjoyable. I’m already afraid, though, that this yarn won’t be good for socks even though it’s a sock yarn. It stretches a lot, see, and there’s no elastic in it.
We’ll see. Onward and toeward!
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Fun blog you’ve got here - I ’specially like your cute titles “One Project to Rule Them All”! Lovely knitting. Shawls & wraps are so graceful, n’est-ce pas? In case you ever want to say ‘finished’ in French - c’est fini ;-) I’ve heard tell of something called a “lifeline” in lace knitting - reportedly makes it infinitely easier to pick up sts. again when a mistake’s happened. I guess you snake a bit of yarn through a row with a darning needle & leave it there a while, then move it closer to your work as you go (so you don’t have to take too much work out to get to the lifeline). Cool, eh? Bless!
Thank you, Meg! I need to learn about that lifeline. I’ve heard people talk about it but have always been too lazy to look it up and implement it. I’ll definitely try to do that with my next complicated project. :)
Thanks for the French lesson! One day I’ll have that language down, too. And yes, I love doing shawls and wraps. It amazes me to see the repetitive, almost pedestrian stitches work together to become a lacy and elegant wrap. It’s like magic.