Latest Finished Object--Betty's Purple Triangle

I finished this last Friday, but was unable to post, as my husband was waiting for a phone call, and in the land of dial-up, that means no internet for a while.

Gertrude once again graciously agreed to pose.

Long and lovely.  I think it grew much as the lace was added, but it looked good on everyone who tried it on at Spin Guild today. 
Now I have a week or so to work on other projects, until my next Betty project. 
So--on to the tunic for Flo's granddaughter, Sandra..  I managed to finish the front and one bra cup last night, and if I sign off now, should finsh the second before bed tonight.
Soo.......so long for this time.

Turned the Corner

Last night I turned the corner on the lace for this project. 
In looking at the lace, and the sharp angle, I decided some short rows were in order.  As I finished the last row of the lace, I added a wedge of garter stitches.  As I knit back to the center, I shortened each row by 2 stitches.  After only 2 remained, I reversed the process, until I was back to 12 stitches.
I think it blends in nicely.

Out of the Hole

Well I managed to climb out of that black hole. 
Turner Classic Movies had 24 hours of Lucille Ball movies yesterday, and Hubby mostly slept in front of AC.  That meant lots of knitting time. 
It was about an 80 inch wing span before lace.
I started and frogged lace last night.  I decided loopy mohair boucle and charted knitting every row was not going to get done in time.
So found a new lace chart and am flying.  Of course there are a bajillion pattern repeats to get through.
So the pressure is on!

The Black Hole of Knitting

Yup, that's where I am.
Stuck in the knitting black hole.
I knit and measure, knit and measure.  The,distance from center back to end of row stays stuck at 30 to 32 inches for half the "wingspan". After spreading it on the bed for an official measurement, I just got 30.
Sigh.
I MUST start the lace by sometime Monday to have it ready for Betty and the Michigan Fiber Festival.
Wish me luck

First Sideways Sock

While I have been dutifully knitting on my commissioned knitting, the Purple Triangle, I just had to finishe the sock I started from my new favorite book, the Knit One Knit All I mentioned about a week ago.

I ended up having to buy a skein of coordinating solid for the toe, but I love this sock.  As you can see I have already cast on the second.  I finished this sock in less than a week, and when you consider I did a lot of working on the shawl, I was quite impressed with the speed of this pattern.  Kroy Sock FX is the yarn, with Brown Sheep Wildfoote for the toe. 
I took it for "Show and Tell" as spin guild today.   Show and Tell is one of the best parts of the get together.  Noting formal.  We just bring our latest FO and share and inspire each other.  "Other Linda" had a crocheted sun that played "You Are My Sunshine" for a certain new grandson of hers

My, or rather Betty's, Purple Shawl is growing along. I have to go to 433 stitches along what will be the two lower sides. Then I can start the lace. And just over two weeks. Yikes! I don't think there will be much blogging going on for a while.

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