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Finished Project: Laminaria

Laminaria

Pattern: Laminaria by Elizabeth Freeman
Yarn: Malabrigo Lace in Emerald, 1 skein
Started: October 20, 2011
Finished: October 30, 2011

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I’m pretty bad at gauging how much stuff I need for a project. When I shop for a sewing project, I’ll usually draw up some sketches and decide that I need three yards of fabric, but then when I’m at the cutting table at the store, I’ll suddenly decide to get an extra half yard just in case, and of course when all is said and done I have two whole yards of the material left over.

With yarn it’s different. It’s string. And quantities are measured in the triple digits as opposed to single digits.

Laminaria

But I’m equally as bad at gauging how much yarn I have left for the amount of knitting that hasn’t been done and whether or not I need to be panicking. Usually I end up being fine.

This time I was short by about ten yards (again, a total guess). I ended up doing a normal (tighter) bind off instead of the fancy loose one. It’s blocking right now, and if the little pointy ends look ok I’m just going to leave it.

Laminaria

It should be fine though. I never wear shawls as shawls, and they always end up tied around my neck anyway so it shouldn’t matter.

Gahh.

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More pretties

Technically I’m not supposed to be buying anymore yarn but rules are meant to be broken so I went and bought two gorgeous skeins today.

First there’s this little guy.

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I was halfway through Edge Chart #1 of Laminaria when I both screwed up royally (and still cannot figure out for the life of me where I mess up) and decided that the yarn I was using was too thick to compliment the lace pattern. I haven’t frogged it yet but I did buy a gorgeous skein of Malabrigo Lace in Emerald to make myself feel better.

I also came home with this gorgeous skein of Cascade fingering. It’s almost like a dark periwinkle. *petpet* I’ve already cast on my second Rae for the KAL!

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And lastly, I finally bought a button for my Morning Walk Headband! I haven’t sewn it on yet but I knew I wanted a non-boring wooden button and this one totally fits the bill.

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Yes, I do still have three papers due this week. Yes, I did procrastinate all day. In my defense, once I stopped procrastinating I totally finished one of three papers. I think I deserve a new skein for each paper I finish. #dangerousterritory

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More squishy.

Damask progress

Guess what I’ve been doing all weekend? If you guessed “Sneezing into a mountain of tissues”, “lying pitifully and feverishly in bed”, or “coughing up a lung”, you were right!

Fortunately this gave me an excuse to knit like a fiend.

I love love love this yarn. It’s so squishy. And soft. And this pattern is gorgeous! And surprisingly quick. I’m already on row 23. (We’re going to ignore the part where I had to rip out 15 rows because I messed up the decreases.)

Ok, that’s all I have. Back to lying down now.

-sniffle-

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Squishy

Package

Today I came home to a lovely surprise waiting for me by my door.

Needless to say, I was full of squee’s.

This one’s going to be Damask, which I’m pretending doesn’t scare me.

Malabrigo sock - ochre

It’s SO squish. I can’t stop petting it. And I didn’t expect it to get here so soon! I was expecting it to get here early next week, by which point I would have finished Peak’s Island and therefore be allowed to start a new project.

Malabrigo sock - ochre

I can make an exception to my own rules for Malabrigo yarns right?

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