Sunday, Sunday

Stew is simmering on the stove for dinner, dumplings to be added just before we're ready to eat. It smells yummy! John, Rob & Carol have gone over to the new house to do a bit of yardwork and I'm here. Knitting. Working on three projects. That's typical.

The Audrey top has one strap just about finished and the other's ready to finish off. I'm a little disappointed in the pattern. It's more than a little ambiguous. It's not a difficult pattern, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to a beginner. There are things in this pattern that you just have to know. For instance? After you cast off the neck stitches, the pattern reads "work shoulder strap for 9 3/4"... it's not explained where you measure from, so I was happily knitting along when I realized that it really did look long enough to reach the top of my shoulder. The 9 3/4" is from the beginning of the armhole shaping, NOT from the cast off. When I measured, I had 10". *sigh* It will be very pretty though.

I've also started Kristen's second sock. There's a picture somewhere in the beginning of my blog of sock #1. I want to be able to send her the socks and the sweater for Trinity before the end of April (Trinity's birthday is April 23). And then, there's the shawl. I did put it on bamboo circs, but the one I have is just too long for where I'm at right now. I was fighting the cable, so I've put it back onto a straight needle. I did order a 24" bamboo circ which should be arriving some time this week.

I managed to get out for a few minutes yesterday and went to the other yarn store here in town. I bought some cotton sock yarn, something I've not yet worked with. Here's a picture of it. I kinda like the colours and am looking forward to casting on (not yet, though).

Now, the stew smells like it needs stirring, so I'm off... back to the knitting, too.