I have been getting stuck into the first sleeve for Alouette. It is, thankfully, going along very quickly. I hate knitting sleeves. I have just completed the first part of shoulder shaping.
Moi, je manque un corps!
(isn’t it funny how all my WIPs speak french?) Also on the go is the crocheted shrug. Have a look at it here.
I know it just looks like a glorified place mat, but I think it will be really nice when it’s seamed up and keeping my shoulders snug. If you look really closely, you can see how it’s a little bit denser at the bottom than at the top. I did this on purpose, by starting off with a 4mm hook and then changing to 5mm, so that it wouldn’t be too floppy around my elbows. Clever, n’est pas? ;P
Lastly, we have my jaywalker that is growing very slowly. I haven’t really been in the mood for socks recently. Maybe it’s a summer-having-just-bought-sandals thing. (But sandals are great for showing off stripey socks, my inner knitter wails). Maybe it’s due to the fact that since chamber music finished up, I haven’t had to go anywhere and am thus losing out alot of commuter knitting.
Souvent, je me demande: ou sont mes orteils?
This morning, I decided to tackle my stash once and for all. My stash was unceremoniously dumped in carrier bags in the box room. It was getting all dusty, and I could never find anything, so I decided to grab my wool by the balls and get it sorted! There is a large chest of drawers in the room which housed my bulky winter jumpers. I went through them and realised that I only wear three of them, so I got a black bag and put the rest into it and will leave it out for the Clothes for Charity collection tomorrow morning. I managed to fit all my wool into the drawers, so I am really happy. It will keep it dust-free and sort of organised too (not my forte). In my rummaging, I came across an old cotton jumper I bought in Gap the first time I went to visit my sister in America. Because I didn’t have the sense to fold it up, and left it hanging on a hanger for about five years, it now stretches halfway down to my knees. It’s not machine-knitting wool, so I think I will unravel it, and use it to knit Bliss from Rowan 39. I was going to order cotton for it from Phildar but I would like to use stuff I’ve already got first.
Lastly, I am having so much fun with this Secret Pal 8! The girl I am secret pal to has just knocked me out with this email she sent to me. She knows nothing about me, yet longs to return to college to study Irish history! She is the personal assistant to Arthur Golden, the guy who wrote Memoirs of a Geisha. Just three weeks ago, I was in a book shop with my mum and urged her to buy the book because I’d heard great things about it. She thought it was really depressing. So I think I’ll email my secret pal and get her to tell him lol. This is working out just like my Patrick Stewart connection from SP7 (Bryony: you made my lifetime with that. I can’t wait for xmen 3! I bet I’ll never stop whispering in the cinema, my friend knows him!) Anyway, get this! she used to work in antiques! Anyone who really knows me, knows that Cash in the Attic is practically a religious ritual every day. Cup of tea, ham sandwich, knitting behind the cushion, and some Clarice Cliff plates or some Victorian furniture stealing the show. Bargain Hunt is a close second, but often the teams are swayed by what they like rather than what will make the most profit and I find it more frustrating to watch.
But seriously folks, the most pressing question of the day is: Will I get Alouette finished by Saturday (mum’s birthday)?
The 8-ball says….
Who Knows
Lmao! That’s putting it a bit strong 😀 Perhaps ‘my friend saw him and hid/ran away from him several times’ is more appropriate… But I have connections 😉 Ahhhh, fame!
That’s pretty cool that your pal works with Arthur Golden. Tell her from me that my mate was extremely disappointed that it wasn’t the real thing like he says at the beginning. This was before it got really famous, and was just starting to do well in the lists, so we never realised before we read it that he was lying, the git! ;D BUT, I find it rather interesting that we all have connections to fame, regardless of how, ermm, tenuous they might be 😀
Incidentally, your colour choices bode well for the parcel winging its way to you… Can’t wait to see what you think of it 😀