Sheep Shots: Lessons In Life

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Lessons In Life

Lesson 1: When the power goes out, it is very, very dark in the house (especially the basement).
Lesson 2: Flashlights should always be where you are expecting them to be (not 5' away from where you expect them to be, especially when it is very very dark)

Lesson 3: There are few ways to seam reverse stockinette stitch so that it looks really, really good.

Case in point:

The Aran, he is finished.

Pattern: Patons Classics (book 950, available from Elann.com with modifications (change sleeve cap, widen sleeve)

Yarn: Elann Peruvian Highland Wool Color 282 (Oatmeal Heather), 109 yards/50 g. Size XL took a hair less than 18 skeins.

And so, I finished it by the birthday (today), but will hold it until Christmas (30 days away) and now finish the Aran cardigan that is On The Needles.

Stay tuned.

// posted by Ann @ 11/25/2006 10:45:00 PM

Comments:

woot! now you can move on to the other oatmeal! (you'll never knit with this color again, lol!)

i have very little night vision, so when the lights go out unexpectedly, i just sit and let every one else stumble around in the dark, lol

# posted by

dragon knitter : 11:41 PM

Congrats on finishing that sweater, especially with all the changes you had to make to get it to fit!

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Anonymous : 9:59 AM

Congratulations! Looks great.

# posted by

Anonymous : 10:14 AM

The Aran, he looks very, very good. Probably looks very, very good in the dark, too. Well done!

# posted by

Anonymous : 11:52 AM

Ann, Congrats on finishing a lovely Aran sweater. Nice job!

# posted by

Terri : 1:35 PM

Nice! And if you remind me about xmas again I'm going to fly there and slap you. I have MONTHS to do this knitting. Mmkay?

# posted by

Rabbitch : 7:00 PM

Gorgeous! Nice work. You must be very pleased.

# posted by

Anonymous : 7:42 PM

Bet you haven't heard this yet, the sweater looks gorgous! Can't wait to see the other one finished.

I followed your link from Knittalk -- just so you know. (I always want to know where my visitors come from.)

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Vivian : 5:42 PM