Raspberry lemonade anyone?

Now that I've purchased a 32" needle, things are progressing on my Aunt's shawl at a faster rate. Did you know it's rather difficult to knit if you are constantly shoving stitches around because they are so tight together?  But I'm not happy with the appearance, afraid it may be confused for an anorexic afghan.  So after some searching on Ravelry, for my yardage/yarn weight have decided to try a triangular shaped shawl.  So far if I were to name what this shawl reminds me of, it would have to be raspberry lemonade.

Wednesday night I almost finished the third ball of yarn on the Every Way Wrap but was distracted by putting together my "reading" list for while knitting.  Have a strong preference for listening to books on tape otherwise I would only read and no knitting would get done.  At a friend's suggestion, I will be using the BBCs Big Read list.  So far I've only read 7 - that I'm confident about.  Don't want to rely on my memory of what was read during high school, as I was no scholar in high school and it was a few decades ago...

Not so mobius

Accomplished quite a bit today.  Figured out how to organize the pdf files on my iPad (using it to store patterns that I'm actively working on/to be on needles soon, no more paper copies to lose!), wound yarn for upcoming projects, and several loads of laundry (knitting isn't everything).


Casting on scarf/wrap for my Aunt who will be having radiation treatment later this month for newly discovered breast cancer.  Had already planned on making her this wrap and her treatment date gave me a deadline.  Should be very achievable as this is done in garter stitch.

Back in August Mom, Aunt, Cousin and Cousin's son went on a road trip to visit relatives in Iowa.  Traveling back we stopped at Crazy Girl Yarn Shop in Corralville.  My Aunt liked the Mobius Wrap, but didn't necessarily want a mobius, she just wanted a scarf for around her neck.  Shop model was done in Rayon Metallic but I feared it wasn't that practical (rayon/cotton blend + handwash) for WI winters on a farm? Doesn't sound like a winning combination.

Yarn I'm using, Winnifred's Washable, will be perfect as it is a merino/acrylic blend that is machine wash/dry, in pinks/yellow (Aunt B is a pink fan) and plus it is was in my stash, score!

On Ravelry, I signed up for the Frankensock and Wildflower sock knitalongs.  Details will be in later posts as I'm trying to cast on for the Not so Mobius and it isn't happening with all the things I'm doing at once.  Too much multitasking.  

Back in business... Again

Okey so it has been a while since my last blog but I'm posting now so it has to count for something right? right?

Mom modeling "Carol's Clever Shawl"

Today I spent the day checking out various things on Ravelry and other sites.  As a result, I'm now signed up for two knitalongs, joined a couple of groups that center around reading of books (not a strong point for me but if they are audio books should do better, I hope), posted pictures (here's one of them) and generally got organized (seems to be a theme for me).

In Knitting News:
I frogged the Every Way Wrap back down to the ribbing in August as I was writing notes for the wrap in notebooks (yes plural) and of course couldn't remember which one had the most recent notes.

To further complicate things with the wrap, was also using a row counter that either hung around my neck (purchased a second one as lost the first one) or an app on my iPhone and again after putting the wrap aside for a while lost track of which one (notebook, row counter or iPhone) I should be going by.  Have stopped writing in notebooks/using the phone and instead have a cute row counter that clips right to the project (note to self should pick up a few more well worth the investment when one considers the time lost trying to figure out your d*** notes).

Also using stitch markers at the start of every repeat with a bigger stitch marker clipped right to the wrap holding the remaining markers to count down the repeats.  Currently on repeat #9 of 16 so may have this done by end of month in time for yearly knitting retreat up north where I first saw the pattern and fell in love with it.

Now moving on to organizing my loose leaf patterns that I have purchased/found on the internet that are begging to be put in their appropriate binder. What a wild and crazy life I lead!