Schrodinger's Kittie

Kiri has been completed, my friends…Not without a little bit of a minor heart attack. As I was blocking it, the yarn on the castoff edge snapped. My heart stopped. I managed to patch it, but I just knew beyond a doubt that the shawl was ruined….I was wrong. The frustrating thing about mohair saved my heiny. Mohair doesn’t like coming undone. Once it’s been worked, it gets really happy with where it’s at. This means it wasn’t as catastrophic as it could have been.

If I were a type A knitter, well…the way it is now would not work. However, I’m not a type A knitter. I’m the type knitter that expects, anticpates and requires mistakes (at least one). If I want perfect, I’ll get machine knitted items, tyvm. Hanging on the back of the chair like it is, now, I can’t even see the patched area. If I looked at it to see what was done wrong, I’d find three glaring issues….a YO in the middle of SS that so totally should not be there, a missing YO in the spine causing the spine to take a jog, and the area that the cast off edge snapped and was patched.

I added the fringe to the shawl to help draw the eye away from the patched area – and wound up thinking that was a very, very good thing to do even if I hadn’t had the patch. Funny thing is that I had literally just enough yarn left on the ball to do the fringe.

		Karabella Lace Mohair Colour #: 201 Colour name: snow white Size: 50g/500m – 1.75 oz/540 yards
		Size 7 US. Rosewood Latern Moon straights.
		Kiri by Polly with fringe added. Finished size (sans fringe) is 61″x28″.

Oh…I know I shouldn’t have ordered the pattern. I just couldn’t help myself. So…here I am. All my monthly revenue for my fibre arts completely expended. However, I’m the proud owner of the Wedding Ring Shawl pattern from Heirloom Knitting. I’ve wanted this pattern for forever, so I’m happy I finally got it.

My niece’s shawl hit the mail today. It should be in her tiny hands by the end of the week. I hope.

The socks I’ve been working on are about finished, so I should be able to cast on for the new set soon. I’m really looking forward to how the mosaic pattern will play out with the yarn I’ve chosen.

Still no J&S yarn, but I’m sure it will get here soon. **positive thinking**

A bit of a poutfest is going on today. Found out that the guy I’ve been spending time with is going to be out of town to a conference and so will miss our every other Sunday night event. I’m being a brat about it. I’m gonna miss him something terrible. I’ve really gotten to where I look forward to them. Not to mention our time we spend during the week that I will miss out on. Yup. I’m pouting in a big way. It’s not attractive, but right now I’m too cranky to care. **snickers**

I will take solace in the fact that I have Friday off…I have much knitting planned for the day.

I’m thrilled that my friend, Debbie, has decided to learn to crochet and knit. I spent a couple of hours with her at Kerbey Lane on Sunday, sitting outside in 82° F weather – in January, mind you. We sat out on the patio, nashed and did our thing while chit chatting. It was a completely delightful experience. She’s going to be crocheting like a whiz in no time. I expect that she will run in to a bit of difficulty as she’s attempting to learn both at once, but she’s a talented gal and will get the gist of things very quickly. As with all new crocheters/knitters, tension is going to be her biggest obstacle. I completely enjoyed teaching, though, and am actually considering starting up a class for people on a totally adhoc basis….Just post somewhere that I’m going to be at XYZ and if you want to learn, bring yourself on by and I’ll be more than willing to help. Required items for crochet/knit listed and not supplied by yours truly.

I dunno….it just seems like it would be fun. *grins*

I have never posted any of the projects that I’m working on, but I’m finding myself being a slacker lately and figure if I’m giving you guys a preview of what I’m attempting to complete – well – I have to finish

Unfortunately, the battery died on my camera before I could take photos of the cabled sweater I’m working on in a rather wild colorway that is going to have solid ivory cables on the sleeves….the cables kinda hide on the body, but I still think it’s interesting….once the battery is functioning again, I’ll post photos of it.

Anyway – here are my first ever WIPs posted here …

This is the close up of the Bell pattern.

This is the shawl with a CD in the photo for size. I still have quite a ways to go.

The Bell is being made with Ornaghi Filati Bamboo yarn from One Fine Yarn. The bamboo I was finding at my local LYS was just too rough. This one is silky with a nice shine.

This is the close up of the Ethereal Fichu.

This has a quarter in it so you can see the size. I’ve got a long, long way to go.

This is the yarn I’m using for the Ethereal Fichu. I discovered it at my LYS and fell in love.

The Ethereal Fichu is the first pattern I’ve ever worked from a chart only. I’ve found I’m having problems and have to contact the wonderful designer and see if she’s ok with me making copies of it so I can highlight what rows I’ve finished.