Dobar dan! (This means good day in Croatian).
I have had three lessons so far and have used it a bit when skyping with my daughter. Not an easy language but I have a few words I am comfortable with now.
This week has been all about my two wips - both shawls.
I have spent most of the week on my Dying of the Light. If you knew the week I have had it seems most appropriate.
And I took my On the Spice Market to knit group on Thursday because I was in the middle of german short rows with Dying of the Light, and I knew that wouldn't end well in a room full of chatter and laughter.
I have been editing my novel at least one chapter a day and at this point I only have eight chapters left to go. Then I will be sending it out to beta readers.
I did scour the city for my favourite knitting magazine - Simply Knitting, out of the UK, and third store lucky I now have a sweater I want to add to my queue, and of course another Alan Dart masterpiece.
I was given 300 gms of sportweight yarn on Thursday. One of the knit group regulars is moving and she brought presents for all of us from her stash. I am thinking a sweater, or a shawl. There are 100 grms each of three different shades of blue. Decisions decisions.
Also last week my friend (Croatian teacher) gave me two lots of sweater quantity yarn - one in shades of green, and another a rainbow boucle. She too was cleaning out her stash cupboard.
I love getting surprise yarn.
The Healthy Knitter is starting her Project Peace KAL on December 1st and I think I have just the yarn for that - left over from my Iona blanket. I did this last year with a number of friends and then we all got together on the solstice, December 21, to finish our project and to eat and be in peaceful company. I even wrote a parody on Twas the Night before Christmas to honour last year's event.
You have probably noticed still no photo of my test socks, but I have heard the pattern is being released on the 24th of November so stay tuned. They will be revealed next week!
Have a great week everyone. To follow other intrepid yoppers head here.
zbogom! (Croatian for goodbye)
Both of your shawls are lovely and I think you did the right thing taking the spice market to knit group!
ReplyDeleteOh, I know I did. Three people there had to stop knitting because they made mistakes - it was a wild group last Thursday!
DeleteDobar dan Mary-Anne! In Australia we just say G'day! ;-)
ReplyDeleteG'day to you too!
DeleteI love both of your shawls, Mary-Anne. What a wonderful gift your knit-group buddy gave to you all. I look forward to seeing what you make with your three shades of new-to-you blue. Happy knitting! zbogom! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I think there is a test knit coming up that one of the gifts will be perfect for. stay tuned.
DeleteFree yarn! What lovely gifts you received this week. Your shawls are so pretty. I am impressed with you learning a new language. How much fun that is. Hope you have an amazing week.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard. I have been brushing up my french since I retired, but Croatian is much harder than french!
DeleteWhat lovely shawls! I certainly understand about having a mindless knit when socializing...I can't even watch t.v. for most of my projects.
ReplyDeleteFree yarn...lucky you!!!
Thank you SO much for informing us of the Peace Project this year! I loved it last year although I was late to the party but this year hopefully I can partake fully!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh good. We can knit the peace shawl together!
DeleteHot dogs! You've written a novel. How fascinating. Will you self publish? I won't reach 50K stitches and I actually had to frog and start over; I pretty much caught up to where I frogged from.
ReplyDeleteI would like to try to get it published first. If that doesn't work I will self-publish. Doesn't 50000 stitches still count if you frog them. You still knit them, right?
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