So close.....

The shawl that I am currently working on is awesome. The body is complete and I have begun the pleats. This has been one of the most enjoyable shawls thus far. I was tempted to take a picture today, but I got sidelined by the sore throat that will just not go away. Another trip to the MD and I have a stronger antibiotic and something to numb my throat...oh joy! I will not be detoured from finishing this shawl this week.

My small shawls group wants to do another lace shawl, so as soon as I bind off this beauty, I will be casting on for Holden. Frankly, I could live in textured shawls for a while longer, but it's hard to work on two shawls at once...confusion sets in and you could really mess up.

I did get my Sweet Georgia Sock Yarn of the month on Saturday...I will take a picture of that beauty. It is 50% merino and 50% silk and it will be a shawl for sure.

I realized the other day, that I have made 5 lace shawls and I only have ONE! One is a shop sample, one was a gift for mom, one was a gift for a friend, one is mine and now this one, and it's all mine!! I think younall will want to hit the LOVE button when you see it.

The laptop is having some sort of fit, so pictures are not possible at the moment.

Happy Valentine's Day and happy knitting!!!

WIP Wednesday......

It is a rather dreary day here today and my son was off of school, so we had lots to do away from the house. It was my first day out really since this plague hit. I noticed on the drive home that my eyes did indeed want to close. I got some coffee into me as soon as we got in the door.

I am completely smitten with my new shawl. It is quite lovely in its simple details and beautiful yarn.

I have completed 8 repeats of the body and have 3 to go. I am looking at a total of 11 repeats and then the knitting of the pleats will commence. By the time I bind off this shawl, there will be 721 stitches...!

Tonight is knitting night at the shop, but I am taking a pass due to the plague and I do have to work tomorrow night.

I can't seem to find the camera, but the shawl looks the same only bigger! :)

Happy Knitting!

On the mend....

Well, I seem to be on the mend. That might be a generous statement, but I think I am definitely on the upswing. My voice is still husky and sexy sounding and now hubby sounds the same way!

I was able to fix the boo boo on my shawl and have actually been knitting a bit last night and today. It totally helps that when I look down my face doesn't feel like it's going to explode...yeah! So happy with the small things.

Tomorrow is WIP Wednesday and I put a sticky note to remind me....LOL! Look for an updated picture of my projects.

Happy Knitting!

Rewind back to Friday.....

On Friday I headed off to Virginia with friends to the Crazy for Ewe 2012 knitting retreat. I had had a rather rough go of it earlier in the week with sore throat and such, but on Friday, I thought I had turned the corner. I thought wrong, very, very, wrong!

We arrived at the hotel and we hung out and then we went to dinner at a lovely Bistro. There were lots of laughs and wonderful food and good times were had. The next morning was when the corner turned in the wrong direction for me. My stomach had been feeling ugly all though the night and then I woke to the worst sinus pain I have felt in sometime. I tried really hard to put on the "happy" face, but nobody was fooled. I looked as awful as I felt. After a couple of hours, back to bed I went. Being sick in a hotel has its perks. No dogs to walk, no kids bothering you and the best things was my girlfriends!! Men will leave you to die...how do I know this...out of sight, out of mind. Girlfriends on the other hand, will take really good care of you. They will get you more blankets, make you some tea, and bring you nourishment, all with a smile and love. I owe my girlfriends everything for taking such wonderful care of me.

I did manage some really sick knitting and screwed things up accordingly.

I thought that I would have some wonderful pictures of the weekend to share, but I don't.

I am off to bed.

Happy Knitting!

Despite it all, I had a wonderful weekend with my girlfriends.

WIP Thursday...

Here's the picture of the shawl in progress...

Not the best picture, but you get the drift. You can make out a tad of the detail.

Hubby if off getting me the antibiotic I begged my MD for and I need to start thinking about our knitting retreat, since I leave tomorrow at 11:30 am....eeeekkkk!

Happy Knitting!!

Home sick means....

Watching mind numbing daytime television. Knitting in bed...this is fun. Channel surfing until your fingers are numb and apparently ordering exercise DVD's via QVC because I am not in my right mind and think that when I am in my right mind, this exercise looks like something I would TOTALLY DO! That remains to be seen.

More later when I finally get out of bed for some sort of nourishment.

Limping along....

Bed has become such a happy place for me of late. I decided to give in and stop fighting it. I am sick and that is a fact. Another fact is that I am leaving Friday for a knitting retreat and I must feel better.

I am knitting in bed. Since I am only taking Advil, I thought it was safe to knit. So far, so good. Fresca is sound asleep next to me loving the bed!

My shawl is coming out really nice. I do see what other people have mention about the cast on edge and subsequent increases being tight, but I think it will relax after a bath and blocking. The color is beautiful and the texture, just right.

I must say that the weather has been unseasonably warm. Today's temperature was a balmy 72...so odd for February.

I will take a picture of the shawl tomorrow for your viewing pleasure and when I am vertical!

Happy Knitting!!!