I’m still making some pretty good progress on things. The slacker mom is at bay for a while. I blocked the two scarves that needed it last night. The other two I figured could skip this process and end up just fine. With the disarray of my room due to the window replacement, the fact that I normally block on my bed coupled with imminent bedtime, I found the only surface I could use last night: the living room floor. I put a blanket on the floor and did a rudimentary blocking. I didn’t think dad would go for me poking pins into the living room carpet. Hey, at least they aren’t curling anymore.
The one on the left is a mini Clapotis out of Noro Silk Garden (two skeins IIRC) and the right is the Irish Hiking Scarf in my own cormo/angora handspun. Tonight I’ll line all the scarves up and have the kids decide which teacher gets which scarf. First I’ll take the formal finished pictures though.
After blocking was complete, I settled down to more collar fun on Ariann. At least measure, I was about 3" complete so this baby is going down soon. Two weeks ago I picked up some buttons (mother of pearl i believe) at Modern Yarn, which look just perfect with the sweater! Sadly they are proving a tad difficult to photograph at night. However the new camera was able to finally accurately represent the color of the yarn and you can get a hint of what the buttons look like.
I continue to work on the Shetland Tea Shawl during my commute and at lunch. I managed to complete another 10 repeats of the edging yesterday bringing me up to 40 done. Still a ways to go. The math geek in me has figured out that I can whip out 10 repeats in about an hour and a half (2 commutes + lunch). I need another 80 or so to finish the darn thing. So… about 720 minutes (or six hours) of knitting left. Whew. Taken that way I might just finish it before it’s anniversary comes around! While it needs a serious blocking, I can finally get a decent photo of a substantial amount of it without it looking like the amorphous blob of red dental floss. (Photo also courtesy of the digital rebel)
I’ve been doing a little playing with the new camera (beyond the requisite knitting pictures) and am amazed at the quality of photos that baby can turn out, even with the kit lens. I’m still using the automatic modes but hopefully with some time and the manual, I can put this camera through its paces.
What seriously impressed me was the level of detail the thing can capture. At full 100% zoom, you can count the hairs on Earl’s nose. Sweet.
In some Knitting Blogs Ring business, Nancy and I are about to take the thing over (1/1). {Shudder}. I’ll be putting together the new site for it over the next week or so. In interest of hitting the ground running, we’ll need to add a few ring checkers. Some of the existing ones can no longer do it and well, you can never have too many. What’s involved you might ask?
1. Regularly check each blog in your section (currently 50 blogs each) at least bi-weekly to see if the blogster:
a. Posted within the last month
b. Has the correct ring code and making sure the links go where they should
c. Report back with any problems
2. If you cannot do it for whatever reason, just let us know and someone will cover
That’s it. No heavy lifting. Just a little web-surfing of knitting blogs. I’ve been a ring checker since Nov. 04 when I was admitted to the ring. Makes for a great way to find new blogs to read and get a dose of inspiration for future projects. But then, you don’t even need to read the things. Just check the date of the last post, click 3 links and poof: done and move on to the next. The more checkers we can add the smaller the groups that need to be covered.
Any takers?
Craft on!
