it's been a looooong week....

The past week has been such a loong week... hubby just got back from a week's training from Finland.. and I have missed him so much.. I've never missed him this much before...  GETTING SWEETER??? hehehe

Anyway so what have I been up to while hubby is away?  PLAY of course!  ... before you make any ideas will show you what I did this past week.. I decided to play some stitches and search for some yarn to play with.

I also have another test knit which luckily I get to submit it on July.. :) yay! more time to do other knitting / crochet stuff.

So let's get on with the agenda for today...

Here is my Rosewood Shawl - to be submitted on July - a TEST KNIT

I had a hard time doing the lace at the beginning.. I had to rip the first 2 pattern repeats 4x! I was frustrated, couldn't understand how such a simple pattern couldn't get into my stubborn head! 

To make the long story short, I got it eventually and now I finished 8 pattern repeats, yeah still slow huh, because I can't help missing my honey hubby that's why..  and decided to put this away for awhile as I can't concentrate.

While I was missing him.. and knowing me... I can't sit still without tinkering something.. I need to keep my mind off so... first I did some mending on my kids shorts..sewing, fixing things at home.. but still can't stop this nagging voice that I have to do some more challenging stuff.

So I ransack my yarn storage.. and got a nice Monaco Thread (viscose) 

and look for some stored patterns on my hard drive...and this what I found...  Isn't it gorgeous? 

The stitch pattern is very easy.. it has three kinds of stitch pattern but I'll discuss it more on my next blog.. so for now I'll show you where I'm at on the pattern, I'm almost done on the back part of the bolero, and I really enjoy the thread I use on this...

As I have said I will tell you more about those two mentioned patterns on a my next blog.

Below is the close up look on the stitch pattern...

Skywalker Adventure... finally done

Finished my Skywalker Shawl, so glad I went through the whole class... I had a great time following Laura Nelkin on Craftsy.  I still have one project from her class I haven't started yet, it's called Clarus.  Clarus will have to take a back seat for awhile...will do this once I know for sure which yarn should I use.

Had a wonderful time working this shawl on Stroll Tonal from Knit Picks...love how the yarn wraps the needle... it gives a nice glossy sheen.  I just had a hard time blocking this shawl as I don't have blocking wires, and hardware stores I know here in Riyadh doesn't sell any stainless steel rod... bummmer no.. so what should a SAHM would do?... improvise of course! 

I used thread and painstakingly thread it onto the shawl, while one by one I pin it to my blocking board ... it only took me 2 hours to finished blocking and it was already dry when I finished.. so I have to spritz with warm water the whole thing again making sure it get it all wet so to have a nice stretch...

So happy that even when my daughter (Abbie) accidentally broke one of the needle, I didn't even gave it much thought!

Do you see the white thread I used ?

So without any further ado...

Skywalker Shawl in Deep Waters

Pattern Source:  Skywalker Shawl by Laura Nelkin

Materials used:  Knit Picks Stroll Tonal  in Deep Waters
Needle size: 3.75 mm
Project started:  27.03.2012
Project finished: 14.04.2012

Of course this doesn't mean I am now free and not doing anything yarnie...

I am now making a crocheted bolero for a friend's daughter who will be turning one this week.....

I just finished the back and the first sleeve, started the other sleeve last night while watching Private Practice and Ghost Whisperer (re-run).

Photos of it will have to wait.. so lazy to upload it now...

Skywalker Adventure

So far my knitting Skywalker Shawl is doing, quite well surprisingly... no major frogging happened, except once; now am at my last section before the edging and can't wait to finish this within the week and see what it would look like after blocking. :D

Below is a photo of the shawl doing the Planet Stitch, done row 14 of 32 rows.  This may look like a crap at the moment, but wait till this get steam and block.

 

love songs just makes me sad...

So what am I currently up to?  At present I'm finishing another shawl from Craftsy - enrolledin one  of their workshop, and so far I like how the course is being presented - MASTERING LACE SHAWL .


I'm now on section 4 - doing the Plasma Stitch.. and kinda irritated as I can't seem to focus on my knitting.. been missing a yarn over and been dropping all the wraps.. *argh!*



And while I'm doing this shawl been listening to this guy's mix of love songs... sad love songs.. the what might have been songs... oh well..

Tracks are as follows:

1 – Lovers in the wind
2 – Love
3 – This Time I know its real
4 – She Makes me feel
5 – Love Me
6 – But if you leave me
7 – Too Young
8 – A friends
9 – If you remember me
10 – Please Don’t stop Remembering
11 – You Are My Everything
12 – I’ll never say goodbye
13 – Where are you now
14 – I don’t want to loose you love
15 – More Than just the two of us
16 – It was almost like a Song
17 – Sentimental lady
18 – Moonlight Flower
19 – I love you