beautiful 🙂

Oh, how pretty – and what lovely serendipity!

A little tip for keeping slippery yarns on needle tips: grab one of those chunky elastic bands that you get on produce like broccoli, and cut a couple of pieces from it. Take a sharp knife and pierce each one in the centre – just a tiny hole. Then stretch the piece of elastic over the needle point, and hey presto! A freebie yarn-holder-onner.

Gorgeous, just gorgeous!
Thanks to Anniebee for the freebie holder-onner tip. 🙂

“Scarf down” – I do love your turn of phrase.

I wish one project imposed itself on me like that one did for you. That way, I’ld actually get it done faster. lol

Some days, ok often!, I wish I could drop by and see how you work. Maybe get a few pointers even. Thank goodness for the wonders of the Internet, huh? 🙂

Enjoy the aquatic patterns and watch out for the hyperactive stitches! hihihi

Heh. It’s nice to hear that even an accomplished knitter/designer runs into a stumper once in a while. I’m sure you’ll win; you have knowledge and patience on your side.

How beautiful. I wish my lacework would go so fast, but the girls are usually running around with great commotion which means I have to go very slowly:)

Some knitting just likes to be the boss. I adore that color, though! But you’re right, seasilk is *slippery* 🙂

I have no doubt that whatever you make for whomever, they will love it.

Fun time:

A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son, Timmy, walking to school. He didn’t want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe. So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor, Mrs. Goodnest, if she would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn’t notice her. The lady said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed.

The next school day the lady and her little girl, Marcy, set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor boy he knew. She did this for the whole week. As the boys walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy’s little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally he said to Timmy, “Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?”

Timmy nonchalantly replied, “Yeah, I know who she is.”
The friend said, “Well, who is she?” “That’s just Shirley Goodnest,” Timmy replied, “and her daughter, Marcy.”

“Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us?” “Well,” Timmy explained, “every night my mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm with my prayers,’cuz she worries about me so much. And in the psalm, it says, ‘Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life,’ so I guess I’ll just have to get used to it!”

I knew that yarn would be knit much faster in your stash than in mine! The teal seasilk is gorgeous and you’re right, it’s the perfect match to the pattern.

Yup, I have done that too. Ignored a wip cause I’m afraid it is in charge, not me. Eventually I muster up the guts and do it, but int he meantime, not so much

How could someone not love a knitted gift from you??

I have a feeling the woman will declare it absolutely perfect :-}
I finished all the bits and samples and photos for a new pattern today, tomorrow I will do a little math and put it all together all shiny and fresh. After coffee.

Of course, it is calling the shots. What did you expect?