The Look
Blogger is being stupid! Either that or it has developed allergies to uploading photos.
I wanted to show the progress I have made on the Aran Tweed. One because Marji asked so nicely, and two because that is why you are here. I am not so silly as to think that you are attracted to my great use of punctuation. Here is where I hope that the mom half of my mother is reading and not the english teacher half.
I was able to knit most of the way to and from Bristol because Hubby drove the whole time. I had to stop every so often because I was cabling without a needle and my left hand would start to cramp. Lest you think that the weekend was uneventful, there is more to the story. See, my husband loves my knitting. . . in private. Public knitting is - gasp - embarrassing.
When attending a Nascar event, most of the day is spent waiting for the cars to start going round and the rest is spent watching the cars go round. As I packed the knitting to go to the track with me, I got the look. You know, the look that says no - way - you - are - taking - your - yarn - in - public - because - then - I - have - to - dig - a - hole - and - lay - down - to - die - an - embarrassing - death look from my husband. I responded in kind. I gave him the no - way - you - are - denying - me - several - valuable - hours - of - useful - knitting - time - because - you - don't - want - to - be - seen - next - to - a - ball - of - wool look. I almost never win in these staring matches. I think this time it occurred to him that I would be more cranky than it was worth if my hands were left idle that long. So I won and I got to knit in public. Given the incredibly cold day, there was one person who asked if I could knit faster and could I make mittens instead of my sweater.
If blogger was working here would be my Aran Sweater - still cabled, tweedy, and red. It would measure about 15 inches long. It would be closer to 20 inches if I hadn't had to rip back one cable twist to fix a backwards cable.
There would also be pictures of my Ogee Lace swatch along with week 3's homework - grapevine lace.
Maybe tomorrow if Blogger wants to play nice.
I wanted to show the progress I have made on the Aran Tweed. One because Marji asked so nicely, and two because that is why you are here. I am not so silly as to think that you are attracted to my great use of punctuation. Here is where I hope that the mom half of my mother is reading and not the english teacher half.
I was able to knit most of the way to and from Bristol because Hubby drove the whole time. I had to stop every so often because I was cabling without a needle and my left hand would start to cramp. Lest you think that the weekend was uneventful, there is more to the story. See, my husband loves my knitting. . . in private. Public knitting is - gasp - embarrassing.
When attending a Nascar event, most of the day is spent waiting for the cars to start going round and the rest is spent watching the cars go round. As I packed the knitting to go to the track with me, I got the look. You know, the look that says no - way - you - are - taking - your - yarn - in - public - because - then - I - have - to - dig - a - hole - and - lay - down - to - die - an - embarrassing - death look from my husband. I responded in kind. I gave him the no - way - you - are - denying - me - several - valuable - hours - of - useful - knitting - time - because - you - don't - want - to - be - seen - next - to - a - ball - of - wool look. I almost never win in these staring matches. I think this time it occurred to him that I would be more cranky than it was worth if my hands were left idle that long. So I won and I got to knit in public. Given the incredibly cold day, there was one person who asked if I could knit faster and could I make mittens instead of my sweater.
If blogger was working here would be my Aran Sweater - still cabled, tweedy, and red. It would measure about 15 inches long. It would be closer to 20 inches if I hadn't had to rip back one cable twist to fix a backwards cable.
There would also be pictures of my Ogee Lace swatch along with week 3's homework - grapevine lace.
Maybe tomorrow if Blogger wants to play nice.
posted by Jae at
7:43 PM
6 Comments:
We love your punctuation. Oops should that have been an exclamation point? LOL
I am using my imagination for the aran...(which is pretty darn good since you said it was red and I KNOW red). I confess, I do look for the photos. Just call me the comic book reader of bloglandia.
I'm so glad blogger started playing nice again and uploaded your pics.
Gorgeous! Your lace is inspiring.
So, do you know who your SP7 spoiler was? I think I know, but I want to know if I'm right.
It is my first time to your Blog and I gotta come back just to see that Red Aran finished. It is lovely. I looked thru past posts for the pattern and could not find it. Would you share? I am presently working on my first cable project. It's a handbag. . .yipes! Do they still use that word? Turns out I really like doing cables.
Arisha,
The pattern is from the Winter Interweave Knits 2005/2006. It is the Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Sweater. It has been a fun knit so far.
Thanks for commenting.
:)
Jae
Your lace is gorgeous!
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