Monday, April 16, 2007

Home Stretch



Why is it that the last several inches seem to move further away, rather than closer the longer you work? I feel like this final edge is taking decades!

For example, the last foot of this edging felt a whole lot like a mile.







Here it is flat on the bed. In the dark. Because we replaced our bedside lamps with high intensity "sunlight" ones.




And here it is folded.

The knitting is done and the ends are woven and it is soft and cuddly and really quite nice.

Finer points:

Yarn: Plymouth Outback Mohair (about 800 yards)

Needles: 6.5 mm

Pattern: here





And lookie what the mailman broughteth!

All the way from Down Under. A package of yarny goodness (Not Stash!)

Some pinks I can really live with (or at least knit up into something wonderful)








There's Sirdar from England (the lavendar Wool Cotton), Cleckheaton 8-ply, Willawool Rainbow, Wool Angora Crepe from Australia, Jewel 8-ply from South Africa, Fanfare 8-ply from Indonesia, Twilley's Capricorn from Spain, and Magic Garden Buttons from New Zealand.

I feel so international!

Thank you, Nanna!





Storm Update: The rain has stopped (at least for the moment), the water is subsiding (and our basement stayed dry, knock wood!), the wind is still howling (and 2 of our big yard garbage cans are MIA--I thought I saw one drift by at 6 this morning, but at that hour, I wasn't going to wrestle it into the trunk of the car!) Our frontmost birch tree (the half-dead one) is falling to the ground in bits and pieces. At this rate, we won't need the tree guy to cut it down!

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// posted by Ann @ 4/16/2007 06:03:00 PM
Comments:
I hope you remain dry and snuggled up in that cozy new shawl! Summer is just around the corner.
# posted by Blogger Romi : 1:17 AM
 
Lovey- I'm pleased it finally arrived. The Angora mix is about 30-40 yrs old, from Mum's stash. Oh! there is more to come...
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 8:24 PM
 
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