Knitamazoo(tm)

Is this thing on? Hello. My name is Knitamazoo and I am a poor blogger. There, I’ve admited it. I have no excuses for being such a bad blogger, at least not any good excuses. But the following is my story. Grab a bowl of popcorn, something to drink and pull up a comfortable chair . . . it’s story time.

A long time ago, I was being a very good blogger and was blogging often about my progress on the Secret of the Stole II. I got to clue 5 and was happily knitting along when I discovered this:

See the lovely color variation? Oh Malabrigo, how I hate to love thee. I love this yarn, really I do. I picked up an extra hank, from the same LYS where I bought the first 3, verified I had the same dye lot and I got this. I was hoping that the lighter yarn was the rogue hank, but no the darker one was. So I put this aside and . . . cast on again. Yes, I cast on again. I knit like a mad woman. I knit every free moment I could. On weekends I would sequester myself in the basement and knit. I knit until I thought my fingers would fall off. But it was totally worth it. I managed to catch up by the last hint and ended up with a gorgeous stole.

I am still knitting lace. I am furiously trying to finish my Mystic Waters shawl. I am almost done with chart H and then it’s on to the last chart. But I have hit a snag and have a mistake that I couldn’t figure out Sunday. (I’m thinking it has more to do with the fact that I was hormonal and forgot to take my “happy pills” the night before, but I could be wrong.) So I’ve been waiting for some quiet time to sit down and see if I can do lace surgery. Maybe I’ll even take pictures and blog about it.

I have cast on and started Moroccan Days, a stunning stole pattern by Susan Pandorf. This is my first time knitting with beads and I’m loving it. The process is a bit slow but the final product is so worth it.

I am also working on the Shoulder Shawl from Victorian Lace Today in Claudia Handpaints silk lace yarn. Totally yummy! This is a great pattern for variagated yarn as the colors have not obscured the lace pattern at all. I’ll have to get a picture up.

I am also toying with the idea of stopping by the LYS tonight to grab some lace weight in white. I would like to knit up Fibertrend’s Angel Lace Shawl for my mom. The only problem with that is I would be on a definite schedule. The parental units are coming to vist us the first weekend in May and I would love to present this as a Mother’s Day gift. Am I setting myself up for disaster?

So my Year of Lace continues as spring has sprung here in southwest Michigan. The trees are budding, the birds are singing and the Red Wings are in the playoffs. Gotta love spring in Michigan! GO WINGS!