Late this afternoon in lab, Natasha came over to my desk, put her hands on her hips, and said, “You have not updated your blog in a week. I had a few minutes this afternoon, and I thought it would be fun to catch up on your blog, but there was nothing new. You need to post again.”<\/p>\n

I hear and obey. I’m 15 years older than Natasha and almost twice as big (she’s very<\/i> thin), but she’s a graduate student in the final throes of her Ph. D. research. I know not to poke a cornered creature with a stick; I’ll leave that to the full professors on her thesis committee. So, here are some WIPs for Natasha and you.<\/p>\n

First up we have the Landscape shawl which is almost 130 stitches across (enroute to 308 stitces with one new stitch per row). I calculated that I’m about 17% done. And in the photo, you can see that I’ve just started the third chevron which is stockinette stitch. I was glad I counted right and the YO at the base of this section is in the middle of the seed stitch triangle.<\/p>\n

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Second, a new WIP, a Christmas WIP for M’s Dad: a diagonal rib scarf in Misti Alpaca chunky:<\/p>\n

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M’s Dad had major back surgery two weeks ago, and his very experienced surgeon said his Lumbar 5 vertebra was the weirdest he had ever seen. Apparently, it was missing a part. So, I figure the guy could use a super-soft scarf in a nice, manly dark red. The color is richer in person. Some of the fibers actually look black, but it is very subtle. And I should mention that his dad is doing super well. He had a couple of morphine hallucinations while in the hospital (like seeing his sister and brother-in-law in the potted plant we had delivered). But they are all gone, and he is now doing a lot of walking. They live out in the woods of Illinois, so I hope the scarf will help keep him warm on his treks.<\/p>\n

Third up we have another Christmas knit, this time for M’s Grandma. She needs socks to wear with her Birks (the only shoes that make her toes happy). I found out about this today. Currently, I am assuming she has the same size foot as her daughter, as I have knit a pair of socks for M’s mom. This is the oblique rib from Sensational Knitted Socks<\/i> (8-stitch repeat) in Fleece Artist Merino, colorway Lily Pond:<\/p>\n

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The cream colored cotton fleece sweater<\/a> has suffered a cruel gauge mishap, even though I knit two<\/i> different gauge swatches. It shall not be completed as it would be far too large to wear under a fitted jacket, which was my intention. Mistress Gauge and I are not speaking currently. I feel she is a fickle bitch<\/del> in breach of contract. Both swatches were washed and blocked<\/i> in addition to being practically 5 x 5 inch squares. This long holiday weekend I would like to swatch for the Charcoal Brocade jacket<\/a>, and Mistress Gauge better behave. Because if she does not, I’m just going to knit scarves and shawls from my new copy of Victorian Lace Today<\/i>, and we all know we don’t need Mistress Gauge’s permission to do that. <\/p>\n

Am I threatening Mistress Gauge?!<\/i><\/p>\n

Let’s just say that the berry colored Sea Silk has shipped<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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