Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Since it wasn’t completely dry before I had to remove the pins, I’ll have to block the shawl again. I’ll show you pictures anyway. I couldn’t get a full length shot but here’s most of it.
I’m happy with the shawl but I could use some improvement on my corner action. You most likely wouldn’t notice it when I wear it unless I pointed it out to you, but look at this
Can you see where the double and triple joins started on the corners? Suddenly the join has long threads. I’d like to keep this from happening on the next shawl because it bugs me. Hints and tips on solving this would be great.
Saturday I met Beth at Borders for a little knitting time. I got to see her recently finished hoodie and it is so pretty. Someday I WILL make something I can wear. Out in public. Don’t hold your breath. I took a sock that I’d started long ago and tried to figure out where I’d left off. I didn’t have much luck with that so I worked on a hat for the baby. I ended up ripping it out and starting over on a larger needle. When that’s done, baby wants the blanket that’s in the latest Knit It! magazine. It calls for Cotton Ease, which I just happen to have.
Today I went to the CHG open house as planned, where I saw Jane, who won a door prize! It was a smaller event than I imagined. I didn’t expect large-large but I did think it would be larger than what it was. There were people demonstrating different types of weaving. I saw card weaving (which made so much more sense once I saw it in action), weaving on a 6 or 7 foot triangle loom, an inkle loom, a rigid heddle loom, cane weaving (I think), and 2 floor looms. They had several finished items that were amazing. There was a small child’s coat that was sooo soft and pretty, and some chenille scarves that were gorgeous. They let you try your hand at some of the weaving. The only one I tried was one of the floor looms. I spent quite a bit of time talking to one of the floor loom ladies and learned a few things. What fun! Now that all the house stuff is done, I can get back to de-rusting my loom. I still don’t know crap about the warping but I don’t care, I’m still excited.
