I'm a bad, bad, girl!

Okay! So I didn't get to the 100th row of my shawl! How could I? It was mid 80's everyday on vacation with the sun shining and the margaritas & beer calling! I couldn't take the shawl outside, now could I? I really tried to get up in the early morning to work on it, but then the fish were calling me! I caught some perch, blue gill, bass and (yuk) catfish! So don't blame me about the shawl....blame.....the weather! Look at this sunset.....could you really concentrate on knitting with a sunset like this?

I did get a little knitting done, though. My buddy Tim was with us and I did finish one of his socks so he could try it on. He absolutely loved it and can't wait for the next one. This is one of those take-along projects that I hopefully will get done before October! (don't worry...I will!)
If I don't......then I guess only one of his feet will stay warm while he hunts! Then......I'm not making anymore hunting socks until next year!

Slowly but surely

This week I began with the intention of working on the shawl....however, I needed to get going on the hunting socks for my buddy Tim. I like to buy two sets of dpn's then work on each sock, so I don't get bored. However, I grabbed the "wrong" sock and started knitting around and around and around and then noticed that I didn't work any of the instep decreases! You see I should have been working on the "other" sock, because I was at that point with the decreases already done! So what did I do? I backward knitted around and around and around to get back to the decrease point of the sock! What a pain........

The shawl is coming along nicely, thank you very much! I worked on it while watching the movie "Saved" with my 13 year old. What a great movie! I'm taking the shawl with me on vacation next week and my goal is to get to 100 rows. (I'm currently at 70) Total row count for the shawl is 280, but remember my knitting friends....one row is 203 stitches on size 2 needles! It takes about 45 minutes to complete 2 rows. A friend of mine is curious to know how many stitches the actual shawl is! I told her that I'd figure it out when it's complete.

Last night I met with my knitting group and we had a great time! One woman said her husband was invited to a "meat" party! I guess it's similar to the pampered chef parties, however some guy cooks up a bunch of meat and then the men order what they want! What's next.......lawn tractor parties? Also, Rachel in our group completed her first sock. It was from a pattern back in the 60's where you knit it flat and then seam it up. When she seamed it up and put it on, it looked like those genie shoes from Istanbul with the pointy toe! We could not stop laughing! It was the funniest sock I'd ever seen! She is such a good sport because she was laughing along with us.

I'm gone until next weekend.....I hope to get to that 100th row while I'm gone!

Only the shadow knows..........

Well, as promised I've been really focused on getting the Shadow Knit shawl done this month. However, it's starting to get to the point that it's heavy and hot! I also wasn't too keen about the "orange" side, but after working on it I'm now getting used to it. I have no idea where I would wear this though. I suppose I could wear it when I'm working on other projects! When I'm not working on the shawl, I have begun another pair of hunting socks! I know, I know, I know.......but socks are so easy! A year ago, I didn't even think about making socks, because I thought they looked difficult....but now I'm a sockaholic!

Here's an angle shot of the shawl. You can see the "shadow" that forms depending on how you look at it. I was surprised at how well this shot came out!

Now enough of this blogging stuff.......back to knitting!