Warning: lots of pictures!
Well, the decreasing has begun (hence the bad joke in the title). Yesterday I made great progress on the Shedir – I finished all of the repeat rounds and started my initial decrease. I’m up to row 58. I think it will start to move very fast now because each row you decrease more and more. Which is good because I feel like I’m starting to run out of yarn.
I’m a little nervous about having to switch to DPNs. I’m not sure when to do it, and I’m not sure how to do it, but I’m up for the challenge.
I wrote yesterday that I finished the back of G’s vest. Here’s a picture:
The color’s a little off. My carpet’s actually brown, not gray. I think the blue is a little bright as well. I’ve decided to cast on for the front once the Shedir is finished – definitely before the train to Philly for Thanksgiving. I want to work on that while I’m traveling.
I was busy with Melanie while she was here – I decided I absolutely needed to find beads to go on the end of my geometric scarf – the pattern has a really nice long bead on each corner. So while we were in the city, we went looking for beads. (It was a good compromise because the bead store was around the corner from Anthropologie and Melanie was very happy there!) I, alas, wasn’t so happy with the bead store – I couldn’t find anything that fit what was in my imagination. But then I had an idea – what about some cheap bead jewelry? So off to Target we went. I was also in search of those Hello Kitty stitch markers. Really, I had stitch markers on my mind. I wanted to make some pretty knitty jewelry. Continue for the pretty knitty jewelry!
We found this great necklace that had lots of loops to it. The smaller size loop (and it’s little connector) is perfect for holding charms.
The blue arrow points to the ring that goes on the needle.
So we piled up on cheap, cute earrings and small charms. What’s funny is the next day while Melanie was in the city with all her meetings, she happened past a bead store near Fifth Avenue. Much better than the first one. She bought lots of beads and earring attachments for her daughter Keegan, and a few charms for me. Including the cowboy hat – it’s supposed to remind me of her – she’s from Montana – but has me thinking I should make her something fabulous. I think a scarf. Here are a few I’ve made so far:
So easy to make and I think they’re cute. Who knows if I’ll ever use them. They will fit easily on a US#8 needle – probably all the way up to 10.5.
I also found a temporary charm for the geometric scarf. I’m not sure about it though – it’s an earring, so I bought two pair. Here it is with the Karabella Magritte in color #11, ice blue:
If anyone knows of any great bead stores in the NYC area, or on the internet, I’d love to hear about them. I’m planning to cast on this scarf after I finished Shedir and after I cast on the front of G’s vest.
Oh and my ribby cardi yarn arrived!
I made some progress in blogville yesterday as well. I found this really wonderful Movable Type tutorial Site: Learning Movable Type. I learned how to add an extra sidebar – I’m thinking of turning it into a sideblog. Also, I found some really beautiful backgrounds at Squidfingers. My plan is to go live with the new site on, drumroll please, January one. You know, because the site’s called januaryone.com? C’mon, laugh along with me now.
Enough, enough, you say. Okay. I’m outta here! Thanks for listening.
PS – Thanks everyone for your comments. It seems they aren’t showing up as they are posted, so I’m sorry if I haven’t acknowledged them in a timely manner. Please know I so appreciate your taking the time. L, C
