Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Yarn Along Wednesday


I finished my Boneyard shawl that I've been working on for the past few yarn alongs...even blocked it! But I am so proud of it that I'm going to dedicate a post all to that so check back tomorrow!

In last week's yarn along Rosina at Rosy Posey posted a little sock she was knitting and that decided what I'd cast on when I finished my shawl. Ree has been asking for socks from momma since I made mine last month. 

It's using the most basic kids sock pattern and I don't like knitting it on the 5 needles. Too fiddly for me with such a small amount of cast on stitches. I may try and do the math to figure out how to use 4 for the second sock.

Not a lot of Momma reading has been going on lately. I started The Widowers Tale last week but find it slow moving & I have to pay close attention in order to follow it. I do have a whole stack of books here from the library that I could choose another one but I keep thinking this one will pick up!

Extra Yarn was at the library the other day and I've been seeing so much about this lately that I took it out. It's beautiful! I'm going to order it for our library here at home!

I can't wait to see what everyone else is reading and knitting this week at Ginny's!

7 comments:

  1. I love fiddly needles :) Looking forward to seeing your post tomorrow!

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  2. Will you share a picture of your shawl?
    If you already have, sorry...I'm new here.

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  3. I borrowed, _Extra Yarn_, from the library last week and read it to my littlest--what a beautiful story! I loved how it turned out that the little boy was jealous and really *did* want a sweater. I loved how the girl made a hat for the guy who doesn't wear sweaters. I loved how in the end, the King was wrong, and she *was* happy. Most of all I loved the pictures.

    I'll be back tomorrow to see your shawl :-)

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  4. We actually have "Extra Yarn" waiting for us at the library today! I'm so looking forward to actually reading it, having heard so much about it online.

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  5. Can't wait to see the shawl tomorrow. I don't knit my socks on 5 needles either. I usually do magic loop, or 4 dpn's.

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  6. love the sock! Can't wait to see your finished shawl... I'll be back tomorrow!

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  7. Yeah for the sock. Is that a self-striping yarn or are you making stripes with it?

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