Otin eilisen päivän tavoitteeksi tehdä Laminariani loppuun, eihän siitä puuttunut kuin parikymmentä kerrosta ja päättely, niin ja voisihan sitä kokeilla josko pitsihuivi petarin alla olisi parempi juhannustaika kun ne kukkaset. Aamulla kissa sitten herätti minut ajoissa (lue, aloitin neulomisen kello 6) joten minä keitin mukin teetä, laitoin äänikirjan soimaan ja istuin neulomaan. Ja sitten minä istuinkin sohvan nurkassa kiitettävästi ilta yhdeksään asti, toki välillä käväisin syömässä ja hakemassa jotain juomaa. Sain äänikirjani kuunneltua loppuun ja iltapuhteina sitten pingotin huivin. Viime yön unet olivat levottomia, mutta tulevaa sulhasta en nähnyt. Ainoa miespuolinen yöhäirikkö oli tuo sama vaalea sinisilmä, joka häiritsee nukkumistani harva se yö raapimalla silmiäni ja istumalla naamallani.
I decided to finish my Laminaria yesterday, there were only about twenty rows and bind off missing. In the morning cat woke me up about six o'clock so I made myself a mug of tea, continued listening my audiobook and sat on the sofa to knit. I finished my audiobook (nine CDs), watched TV and had something to eat and drink. But at nine o'clock in the evening my Laminaria was ready to be blocked. Here in Finland we have some superstitions about Midsummer night, one is that if you put seven or nine flowes under your pillow before you go to sleep. You can see your fiance in your dream. I have tried that trick quite many times without any luck, so this time I decided to try if black lace shawl under the bed tick would be better. I had good sleep last night but no luck with fiance. I had only one blue eyed, blond male in my bed but he's there every night scratching my eyes and sitting on my face.
Today has been sunnier day than yesterday so I took my new shawl out. There was quite much wind so it was quite hard to get the shawl in the picture. This is my better shawl I can wear it if I'm invited to party. All the troubles with knitting, binding off and blocking were vanished when I wore it. It is wonderful. It weighs about 2 oz and still it is about 7 ft. wide and height is about 3.5 ft. It's sort of magic to knit lace shawls you begin with just few stitches and end up with over 600 stitches.
Summer of Socks started today and even if I planned to knit only lace shawls in this summer I casted ton two pairs of socks. I used sock club yarn because there are some more coming in just few weeks.
This pattern is designed by Wendy for this event, it doesn't look like anything yet but it's going to be a simple lace sock. Colours are quite light for me too and having troubles getting the correct gauge with US# 00 needles. I'm not going to take any smaller right now.
And finally I casted on my RSC socks too, still I don't love this colour. As soon as I get them ready I will decide to whom I'm going to give these socks. I like to knit with this yarn and Yarnissima's pattern is lovely. I made a different toe for these socks because I was too tired to found a crochet hook.
Lately I have been knitting too much toe-up socks, I prefer cuff-downs because somehow I end up making too long socks with toe-up method even with calculations.
I had a day off on Thursday and I spent a sunny day at balcony with my cat (that blue eyed, blond male).
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Upea huivi!
Beautiful shawl! I hope you get invited to a party soon. You'll look lovely in it.
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