A Monumentous Event (Adriana)

When I drafted up this blog post at work (sometimes data entry gets just a little bit boring :P) I hadn't realized that I going to be making the 100th post to this blog. It's a pretty exciting event and one which I'd like to celebrate by doing a magic trick.
Watch as I turn this:


Into this:

(Yarn posed in front of Cleo's cat tent.)

This magical moment was brought to you by:

The lovely duo of Ballwinder and Swift! (I got the idea from Heather's frogging of the Kermit Sweater)

As much as I'm tempted (tee hee, accidental pun!) to start a sweater with this reclaimed yarn right away it is definitely too hot for that right now. But it is tank top weather and work on Leela has been ongoing, albeit slowly. Things are very busy around here these days. Pete is doing a one-man show in the local fringe festival (website here for those interested) and I've been helping out however I can. Also I've been picking up overtime at work to earn some extra cash for when I get back to school in the fall.
Despite all these distractions I have managed to make some progress on the mystery stole. Here it is after completing clue 2 (I neglected to post about this earlier)


And after clue 3:



Close up on the beautiful pattern

I'm still a ways behind as clue 4 was released without me realizing it. Hopefully I'll be able to get to work on it soon. Part of what makes this project so much fun is seeing the pattern develop as I knit it so I'm worried about seeing spoilers on the net.

Time to get back to Leela. I'm well into the stockinette stitch portion so my goal is to have it finished for this weekend so I can wear it to the show. I promise pictures when it's done!

Knitter Down (Adriana)

Last weekend I helped my parents move into their beautiful new house. Unfortunately, the next day I got laid out with a nasty flu bug which kept throwing new symptoms at me everyday. I forced myself to work through it for most of last week which definitely left no energy for knitting. On Friday, SpillyJane emailed to say that she was being tempted by the Mystery Stole 3. I encourage her to join but I said that I had too much on the go right now and, since I was still sick, lace was definitely over my head. But then the Harlot posted about her experience being drawn over to the dark side and the next thing I knew I'd signed up too.
I decided to use the dye-your-own laceweight I've had sitting in the stash for over a year but not to include beads since that would make things too complicated.
I cast on Friday after work and knit continuously until I finished the first clue Saturday evening (Spilly and I had fun emailing back and forth checking on each other's progress).
It was really nice to have this project to get me through the weekend spent resting on the couch. I knit the majority of it during a Bridget Jones marathon on Saturday.

Here are the pictures of the first clue:



Close up of the beautiful edging


Close up of the centre panel

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever made. I love watching the pattern become clear as I knit it. It reminds me of a medieval tapestry. I started the second clue yesterday and have done 20 out of 50 rows. I'm trying to avoid seeing pictures of it until I am done my own because I don't want the surprise to be ruined. I will post pictures once I'm done.

P.S. The Coupling-at-Sea socks are done but I've been took sick to get some good pictures. I'll try to do that soon.