New Summer Project

May 2, 2006 by
Filed under: Kids, Knitting, Organize It 

I’ve already found one summer knitting project, the Licorice Bullet Skirt. I’ve been looking for a summer skirt to make Ella, and this one will be great since you can customize it to fit any size. I’ll be using the Valley Yarns Longmeadow. But I can’t start any new knitting project until I finish River.

Which brings me to the progress of the shawl. I’m getting faster now, finding a rhythm. But oh, I got stuck on row 70. Now there’s nothing special about this row. But for some reason I was one stitch short and I would knit a row, unknit it, back and forth way too many times. Finally today I sat down with the shawl again under good lighting and found the one little dropped stitch that hadn’t gone anywhere (thank goodness). Now I’m off again, on row 77. But here’s the thing. I measured the length so far and did the math. Apparently once I finish all of the repeats the shawl will be over 10 inches too short. I’m hoping that once blocked severely, the shawl will be about the correct length, true?

With the shawl being sent to the bad corner for a few days, I actually picked up Picovoli again. I finally committed to not doing the waist shaping in the pattern and came up with my own waist shaping. Really it feels like I’m just winging it. I’ll try it on once I get a few more inches knit and see how it looks at that point.

I’m finally up-to-date with my Stitches II swatches. Here they are above my desk whispering constantly, “Block me.”

And the other day I bought some nice clothes for the kids to wear to the commitment celebration. I meant them to be saved for the event. But I guess the kids couldn’t wait to try them. They came downstairs and this is what I saw.

Don’t you think Liam makes the most lovely girl and Ella is a fine little man? Apparently they’re about the same size around. Mouseover for the “fancy pose.” Where did Ella learn to jut out her hip like that?

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7 Comments on New Summer Project

  1. Cirilia on Tue, 2nd May 2006 4:15 pm

    2. HILARIOUS! Liam is lovely and Ella is dapper!

  2. sUsAn on Wed, 3rd May 2006 6:55 am

    3. Oh, too funny! Your children are darling no matter what they are wearing! Happy knitting to you!

  3. JessaLu on Wed, 3rd May 2006 2:35 pm

    4. How cute!

    and, blocking is magical. I bet it’ll fix the length no prob. I might, however, make it a bit narrower…

  4. Amy on Thu, 4th May 2006 6:21 pm

    5. Oh, my God. There may be more than one commitment ceremony in your lifetime.

  5. Grin and Frog It » Finished Project: Picovoli on Thu, 25th May 2006 9:48 am

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  6. Grin and Frog It » Finished Project: River Shawl on Mon, 19th Jun 2006 9:04 am

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  7. deb520 on Sat, 6th Jan 2007 11:52 am

    8. I was looking for info on the Valley Yarns Longmeadow yarn and found your blog. It’s great, thanks for so much info! Have you used the Longmeadow yarn and how did it knit up for you. I am thinking of using it for a top down sweater that a bunch of us have agreed to work on as a group. New technique for most of us. I want an everyday sweater. Your thoughts would be appreciated it.
    Thanks again,
    Deb

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