Thanks to Jessica, I was tipped off to the ability to include my progress bars from Ravelry here on my sidebar.   I did the plugin thing and much to my surprise, I find I have a pretty darn out of control WIP pile again.   The eagle-eyed out there might notice something very new in the list too.
I started a new project last night.  I know.  The shame.
At SnB the other night, ¬†I realized that this sock/lace knitter was really knitting nothing more than sweaters. ¬†I do have Tina on the needles, but I had to swipe the tips for another project, probably Kauni. ¬†I’m not quite ready to started Wedding Ring Shawl (still need to swatch one more yarn — should do that today) as I already have a few projects that require serious concentration and live as home projects. ¬†I needed a small lace project in a much underutilized yarn, hand spun.
Enter this yarn:
    
¬†It is the cashmere/silk from Foxfire that I got at MASW’07. ¬†I spun it fine on the Vermont Wheel and it has been aging for a while. ¬†I had dog-eared it for lace a while ago and saw it sitting on my desk last night. ¬†I dug out the perfect pattern for it: ¬†Leaf Lace from Evelyn Clark. ¬†I have to admit, I haven’t a clue how much yarn I have other than I started out with 2oz of raw fiber, spun it fine (threadlike in some areas) and um that’s it. ¬†I hope I have enough.¬†
¬†I think I’m done casting on for a while. ¬†I really do need to finish up some of what I’ve got going first. ¬†Another WIP Wipeout anyone?¬†On the transition front, I’m continuously fighting with the wordpress editor to format my stinkin posts. ¬†I likes to remove silly things like paragraph breaks… and honestly, isn’t very html friendly either. ¬†Any suggestions? ¬†Plugins that I should be using instead? ¬† Some tweak that I’ve missed? ¬†I did select the checkbox in the profile to use the wysiwyg editor {snicker}. ¬† ¬†I’m not opposed to doing the messy html bit but this editor is almost worthless as is and definitely has to go.
 Craft on! 
7 responses so far ↓
1 --Deb // Jan 26, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I don’ t know of one off-hand, but I see some on the plugin list that look promising: http://wp-plugins.net/
I mean, there look like there are several to choose from!
And, no, I didn’t know about that Ravely plugin, either.
2 michelle // Jan 26, 2008 at 6:50 pm
That cashmere/silk is gorgeous!
As far as the editor under users make sure you have visual editor unchecked then you get non of that wack-a-do stuff unless of course you add it yourself
That thing drives me crazy!
3 Elsie // Jan 26, 2008 at 7:03 pm
The cashmere/silk is going to make a lovely shawl. I haven’t thought about using singles as I was told they bias or something and my two ply is still a bit too thick for lace but you have me wondering if this might be possible for me too. I need to spin more often.
4 Rosemary // Jan 26, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I’ll join you in a WIP Wipeout if you decide to do it. I haven’t actually owned up to all my WIPs on Ravelry–because I’d have to find them all first. Just the stash of odd socks is embarassing…
5 Eva // Jan 27, 2008 at 4:31 am
Gorgeous yarn!!!! How do you ‘finish’ your singles so that you can knit with them? Steam or a hot bath?
Cheers Eva
6 Jessica // Jan 27, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Weird. I don’t really have much problem with the editor now. The only thing that ticked me off when I upgraded was a lost the visual editor (but apparently there is a way to fix that after reading the comments here!). Then again, we both know I’m not running the same version that you are.
Can’t wait to see how the cashmere/silk knits up. It’s gorgeous on the bobbin!
7 Kim // Jan 28, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Mission Possible is a good WIP Wipe-Out/destash kinda thing I joined on Ravelry. I’m finding it to be a great motivator. What the heck is the Monk’s Travle Satchel? Just to be fair to yourself, can you really count it as a WIP if you have 0% done?