I'm at the halfway mark for the center part of the diamond shawl... Just spending a quite day knititng and watching movies.. very boring hehe..

Something fun.. I stole this from maKNITficent..!!

Knitting meme

Mark with bold the things you have ever done, with italics, the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.

Here's mine:

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with bananafiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffitti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies...)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items)on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone elses handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with selfpatterning/selfstriping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug (I crocheted a rug.. does that count?)
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

Thats a lot of knitting!!


*Knitting update... my shawl is growing.. and .. um.. there was a trip to the LYS yesterday.. and damage was done!!.. (^_^)

No knitting pictures today.. I have made a little progress on the diamond shawl but not much.. not enough for a picture hahaha. I had started another quill lace sock but scrapped it .. I didn't like how the yarn was knitting up. You couldn't see the lace at all.. I'm also working on a shrug and ran out of yarn and went to purchase more and the whole bin was gone.. so I'm hunting down yarn to finish that. I called my LYS and she has some cotton yarn that might just work.. I plan to make a trip there tomorrow.. I hope something will work.. I don't want to scrap that too..

















Today I organized some of my patterns and yarns and papers.. I'm about to get rid of a load of yarn I will never use.. although.. I'm still going to horde a good amount of yarn .. If there is the slightest chance I could or would use it.. it stays.. (^_^)

You can never have enough chocolate!!!... the darker the better...when the knitting gets tough .. eat chocolate..

















Here is the progress on my diamond shawl.. it's growing little by little.. there was a little ripping but I'm back on track..this shawl is so light and airy.. so soft and snuggly.. it makes me want to finish it asap so I can wrap myself up in it.. 0.0

hOrDiNg..!!

Here is the beginning of the diamond center shawl(the second shawl in the book Victorian Lace Today). The yarn I'm using is so soft and light.. I'm just loving knitting with it. I'm not sure how the little stripes of color are going to look as it gets bigger, but I have been hording this yarn for about 9 months. So... I think I needed to use it for a special project.. and this is a special project to me. Lace is not easy for me to knit.. there is some kind of miss communication between my brain and what my fingers do for some reason.. so for me knitting lace is very slow and careful ... but very addicting .. I am truly addicted now..















































Speaking of hording.. I think I can knit lace for the rest of my life without buying anymore yarn..!!!..All of these cones are fingering weight yarn some.. cotton, alpaca, rayon or nylon..and were horded from my knitting machine days.. geezzzz I just can't get rid of anything ..

*sCaRf * ShAwL*

It's finished.. finally.. I tucked in the ends and blocked it last night.. not perfect but I'm pleased with it. I forgot to put my camera back to a larger picture setting sorry about that.. The shawl is very sheer and light. The yarn I used is Feza kid mohair in the verigated brown..on size 7 needles.































and of course.. I casted on the diamond center rectangle shawl. For this shawl I'm using Colinette Parisienne
















I already like this pattern because there is a plain purl row in between the lace row.. and the yarn is just yummy!!!

sOon..

I have been working exclusively on my scarf/shawl for the past 2 days and the end is near..!!What helped a bit was watching The Holiday twice.. a cute chick flick..maybe with a glass of wine or 2 ..
There are just 3 repeats left to knit of the edging before the last corner is turned and the grafting.. wow this has taken me a very long time.. that's what happens when I only knit part time on a project. I'm hoping to be able to finish this up today sometime. My bf and I are going to be grouting the tile we installed in his mom's house. I don't know how much time that will leave for knitting. Maybe tomorrow will be blocking day!!! YaY.. hummm .. well.. I don't have blocking wires.. so see lots of pinning in the plan.. I'll be pinning tomorrow..














I don't know about u.. but I'm getting tired of seeing pictures of this shawl.. I promise u will only have to see it on one more post.. I promise haha..