update.2006.4.16

i don't remember what it was, but a couple weeks ago, i was inspired to make some stitch markers out of the bells i had gotten over winter break. i got them to make stich markers out of; i just hadn't gotten around to making them yet. they turned out wonderfully. i was amazed by how little time it took to make them and how good they looked. i have different colored wire and different colored beads. and they're just a nice happy jingly set.



and inspired by my sucess with the bells, i made another set of safety pins - subversive and useful! they also look suprisingly good.

dave's gloves are going well. i did the pinkey and have the calculations for the rest of the fingers (it's just a little big on me).



turns out the pinkey's a little big on dave too. right length. twenty five rows. but a bit too wide. so, i'm taking two stiches out of the cast on between each of the fingers. right now, i'm waiting for the yarn to relax.

the shetland shawl finally got too big, and i'm working the border and don't know what's going on, and i decided the jaywalker socks are too big in the heel, so i started another project. this was a good idea. a summer stole/wrap. branching out worked back and forth in connected strips to make a big rectangle. in turqoise thread from the japanese store. dude. actually it's not bad. i'm working them on ones. and it looks really pretty - great against black. it just looks so delicate and springy. and it's good for class - nice and mindless. now we'll just see if i finish it while i can still wear it.



this was it a week ago or so. my friend currently has my camera and card reader, so i can't get a photo now. but it's much larger - halfway done with the second strip. ... the ball of yarn looks just as big. and there's a second one.

i started another project a couple days later. it's another lace project. i'm finally using that huge cone of pink cotton. it's looking really pretty. again, my friend has my camera. i took a couple photos, but didn't take them off the card. now i'm well into the second pattern repeat.

and, of course, i follow links in other knitters blogs. so... now i really want a miniature sheep. preferably a miniature shetland sheep. or a toy cheviot. or a toy southdown. or all of them. amd i want a black one. their wool is always black. and i want a miniature goat too. evidentally, they can be trained to do tricks and stuff and they're very affectionate. and they all make good pets. one'll set me back three hundred dollars or so, but i won't need a lawn mower. i don't know i'll do if i live in the city, though...

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okay, finally. photos of my first mrs. beetons. i actually changed the pattern a decent ammout. at first, i followed the pattern exactly, but then it was too big, so i decided to reknit them. i took out one ruffle to make it smaller. and then, since the inner ruffle was so pretty,



i decided to add beads to the outter ruffle too.



and then, i didn't like the weight of the wrist, so i knit that with just the main color. and then, since i had the left over yarn and there was contrast yarn at the bottom of the cuff, i used it to cast off too.

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they fit! they fit they fit they fit! they fit like a _glove_. ^__^

alas, my friend has my camera and i couldn't get a photo. ~_~

so, i have a cast on of sixty nine stitches, i skip the increase every fourth row of the thumb gusset, and i have seventy eight stitches after the thumb. i'll record the full pattern when i get to the fingers.