Thursday, October 24, 2013


Here is the promised picture of the spider.  I have fall foliage and snow.  See how much has melted?  My son has the spiders at school today to pass out for his birthday. Now to finish the monsters by the deadline. 

Yesterday for WOW I did get my hunter to level 55.  I wasn't lagging as bad but there still was some.  For podcasts I listened to Wolf Farms and Skein After Skein.  I tried to listen to Dramatic Knits but my computer was having issues.  Today is kdrama day and I plan to watch the last episode of The Queen of Office then Running Man.  I think I may watch some anime that my husband isn't interested in before I go back to a new kdrama.  I have some time to decide. 

I worked on my sweater yesterday and finished the rows of stockinet that separate the leaf patterns.  I'm proud of myself because I actually fixed my knitting.  I noticed that four of five rows down I had made about 10 knit stitches when they should have been purl.  I was trying to decide if I should rip back or just leave it and I decided to fix it a different way.  I actually, one by one, dropped the stitches down to the problem and then "knit" them back up.  It doesn't look bad now.  The stitches looked a bit wide and stretched to me but they are a little under the arm and it should block out a bit so they look more even.  Today is monster day.  I need to work on finishing up all the monsters and getting them stuffed so that this weekend I can bust out the hot glue gun and get the eyes on. 

I also blocked two shawls (well one is a shawlette).  They have both been finished since at least summer and never blocked.  The shawlette is a Multnomah (free on Ravelry) made from Knit Picks Chroma in a purple color.  I love the color but it's so small.  The pattern says it's small but mine turned out really small.  If I ever make it again I will definitely make it bigger. I know I finished it in summer because I was making it wile watching my daughter's swimming lessons and I made a mistake because I left the pattern at home.  I tried to make the same mistake throughout so it looked on purpose.  The other shawl is a  Eiku (free on Ravelry) that I made from the yarn club I was in (the only thing I finished).  I know this one was made first but I don't remember when.  I like the pattern and it was easy I'm just not a big fan of the color.  I do want to make this one again.  It was the first time I made a picot border. I think I may ask for blocking wires for Christmas.  It would have made blocking all those picots easer. 

I think that's it.  I need to go to the store and get my son's present and cake (the kind in a box).  Nothing like waiting till the last minute.

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