In between cleaning.....

I'm working on the mystery KAL Transitions Shawl, so-called because there are 4 patterns in the body of the shawl and each one transitions into the next one, and then, of course, the Never-ending Border.  Really never-ending, too.  Trust me on that one.  Interested?  You can register for the Light & Dark Lace Club, April edition right in my Etsy shop!

And a bit of sewing:

My first mug rug, slightly wonky 'cause I can't sew a straight line.  I did this as a quilt as you go project.  Tons of fun, too.  And, nope, it's not at an angle; that's the photography.  The strips, however, are somewhat angled.  I love this little guy.  I walk around the house yelling "mug rug" to Hiz Hubz.  He rolls his eyes.

Almost finished is this little doll quilt.  I'm stitching down the binding.  Yep, the blue lines will go away when I finish and run some cold water on the piece.  I hand quilted this, not very well, but good enough.  For the batting, I used Thermore, which is this thin piece of polyester, and the needle just slides through it.  I like the feel of cotton batting more, but I do better work (sort of) on the Thermore.  The pattern is from a book by Evelyn Sloppy.  It kind of looks like sail boats to me.  I really enjoyed doing this one, and I may make it again, in a lap size with red, white, and blue fabrics.  Sometime.

And now I have to get back to work.  I'd rather be knitting, sewing, reading, anything but cleaning.

Oh, and does anyone want a nasty left knee?  The fool thing, which hasn't bothered me in weeks, has now decided to hurt like hell.  Advil, here I come.

The Yarnarian Found a Project!

It's this one. I've wanted to do this ever since I saw it made up. In real life it's much prettier than in the picture. I have a bunch of JoJo Land yarn from all over the place. I tend to buy it if I'm visiting an LYS in vacation mode. Inexpensive, pretty, and what am I going to do with it once I get home. So I started this shawl. The instructions are not exactly straight-forward, but I'm figuring it out. One change I made is to end each row with P1, and slip the first stitch of each row knitwise to give me that nice pick-up edge.

So this is what I have so far. At this rate, I'll be finished when I'm 120 years old.



Wonderful News: I've been having knees for a while and it's gotten particularly bad in the right knee, so last week I told the doc. He sent me for PT, and yes, yes, yes! It's not the knee; it's the quads and hamstrings and such. Well, it is still the knee because it hurts, but the X-ray was fine, and I don't need surgery or any such activity. I've been to this physical therapist before. She got me through the really bad back moment I had a few years ago, so I trust her implicitly. And I like going to PT. Hey, I like the stretching and working the whatever, and I can actually see progress. So, watch out world, Yarnie the Yarnarian is going to get strong legs. Tremble in fear, you weaklings.

Flower Fairies sotm: Yes, I know you are royally sick of me talking about it, but I'm only going to tell you that I'm full up. Yes, I can squeeze in a couple more people, so if you want to do it, go to Etsy and sign up. Otherwise you'll be too late and you'll cry and have a tantrum, and you'll feel very sorry for yourself. This is the biggest club I've done., and I'm quite excited about it, and so is YarnYenta.

And that's the news from New Jersey, where the days are getting longer, and what little snow we had is melting and the Yarnarian is going to be mighty and powerful!

itsJUSTme-wendy - I was going to dye tomorrow, but with PT early in the morning and then a hair appointment, I'm not going to have time. I'm hoping for Thurs. I really wanted to dye the past few days, but it's been too busy and I hate dyeing when I feel that way. I like to just enjoy it. So remind me tomorrow. See, I put all the work onto you. Heh heh heh! I have a few customs to do, and I like to do them, so keep your fingers and toes crossed that there are no family crises.

Henya - I don't mind PT. It's pain that I can't do anything about that I mind. Can't you just see me in my shawl collection and giving my speech about the joys of being 120?