My daytimer has a quote for each week. This week the quote was :
"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain." Mark Twain
So I decided to block my three shawls! I can only show you two of them because the test knit hasn't been released yet. Be patient, dear reader.
This was my peace shawl that I finished on December 21.
and this is my Dying of the Light that I finished on December 25th.
Then I took my test knit (now blocked) and my scrappy bias shawl to my knit group on Thursday and spent the whole two hours weaving in ends!
I did start a pair of socks for Knitterarium and both toes are done (toe up pattern).
I got quite a bit done on my classic tee:
Such an easy knit - just two pieces - front and back - and then sew together.
This week I just couldn't put down the scrappy bias shawl. I have about 160 stitches of the requisite 200 and I am just having much too much fun changing colours. But look - all ends sewn in at this point:
This week I watched a movie on Knowledge network about the Story of the Coast Salish Knitters and then went and got Silvia Olsen's book, Working with Wool, from the library to read more about it. I knit two sweaters in the Cowichan style in 1978 and I still have them. I pulled them out of the closet, and decided to mend the ribbing on them that had tattered in a few places. My husband and I wore them through the 80s and our children wore them in the late 90s and early 2000s.
dh circa 1978
moi circa 1978
I have so much black and white fleece that I am determined to wash, card, spin and and then knit into another Cowichan-style sweater for myself. Stay tuned - so far I have spun about 2 ounces but I am not spinning fat singles consistently enough to begin to knit.
Whew - a photo heavy post today - but it is sooooo rainy here lately - perfect for knitting and spinning.
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Happy knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving or whatever you love doing this week!