Helen and Archie and Fergus have gone to the airport to fetch Mungo, they hope.
We went to the Assembly Rooms yesterday to see Wonderland. Highly recommended. Thought-provoking as well as fun. Our friends’ daughter, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, is terrific. You’ve still got a week, and if you go you can reflect that I knit her a sweater when she was born, saying “Flora” on it. A good-sized audience, although I can’t imagine how anyone succeeds in choosing to see anything at the Fringe amidst such a cacophony.
Knitting – I finished the second sleeve of my little preemie jacket yesterday, and started across the final front. An ugly split stitch appeared. In my ASJ days last year, I got fairly proficient at laddering back in garter stitch with my fancy set of double-headed crochet hooks. The ability has deserted me. The more I tried, the more of a mess I made, until I finally ripped back and started again. A day’s work lost.
I feel better, as one almost always does after frogging. But also a bit scared. Blocking is as important for garter stitch as for anything else. I discovered that from the ASJ experience – and I can scarcely present my entry to the judges on Saturday damp. So it really ought to be blocked tomorrow evening. Yikes!
Knitting to a deadline is what I don’t do – but here I am.
We have now gone all the way around to a front view again. You can see some of the ravelled yarn, as yet un-incorporated. I'm trying very hard not to split it.
Knit Camp – the Shetland sequel
I longed to join Liz Lovick’s post-Knit-Camp Shetland jaunt when I first read of it, and her recent accounts make it sound utterly splendid.
Utterly splendid! I'd never actually looked at any of Liz's trips before, not being a lace knitter, but the trip looks amazing. I am definately going to try to go on one of these in a year or two, once the offspring are a bit more self-sufficient. Want to come too?
ReplyDeleteI met Liz briefly at the Stirling Marketplace btw. She'd never set eyes on me before and I was only buying a magazine at her stall but she was lovely and took time away from her lunch to speak to me. Charming and very professional. (Unlike another person I met that day, hurumph.)
Good luck with your entry. We wait with baited breath. The jacket is looking great - a prize winner. Enjoy the family gathering.
ReplyDeleteI found Liz to be warm and informative and such a friendly person. I wanted to go on the Shetland Trip but, as I couldnt attend Knitcamp, I wasnt eligable to go : (
ReplyDeleteApparently Liz runs several of these trips a year, so I hope to catch one another time - perhaps I will meet you on one : )
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I look forward to hearing about Games week.
ReplyDeleteThe photos are always fun.
Lisa in Toronto
I bought a set of double headed crochet hooks after reading of your feat, but it wasn't obvious enough how to do it, so I set it aside for a day when I felt motivated enough to figure it out. I hate knitting to deadline myself, so best of luck.
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