My Rona Lace Shawl

My Rona Lace shawl is done at last. Remember, I finished it twice coz I wasn't happy with it's size the first time.

I added a couple of patterns...

and should have added more

but I was impatient to see how it came out. I think it is beautiful. It's merino

and is so soft.

It has taken me a half dozen tries to

get the photo posted and I'm almost

as happy to have that done as I am to have the shawl done!! Gee, which shawl shall I do now? I think I'd better do

some baby socks or sweaters first.

Camp's Open

I put aside my knitting needles and went to camp in Speculator on Saturday to turn on the water...and count the leaks. I had l water pipe with a small split, called the plumber and taped it up with duct tape until he can get there. My water connections aren't tight and they spray a little but I can live with that until he arrives. I solemnly promise myself to call the guy who turns on/off a friend's water up there and not fuss with this anymore. I think I'm saving money doing it myself, but I can't fix water leaks so I end up calling a plumber anyway! My great neighbors had let in the gasman to turn on the heat and they were super nice and unpacked our deck furniture so I didn't have to do that. I'd like to be back when the plumber arrives but if I'm not, I hope my neighbors are. We stopped at River's Edge, a drive-in on Rte 28 just west of the West Canada School, for lunch on the way home. They make a great Mexican, and their french fries are to die for! One order of fries easily feeds 2 people! I got someone to mow my lawn at home and it's well worth the cost. This is the first time I can remember that camp was open and the lawn was mowed in the same week! I even worked in a flower bed! I don't feel so overwhelmed right now!!

Otsega Fashion Show

Yesterday was the Women's Club Fashion Show at the Otsega Hotel in Cooperstown. The food was fantastic (as usual) and my pi shawl was warmly received. Elena, an 18-month-old model in my vintage style sweater set, ran away with the show! The crowd went crazy over her and she loved every ohh and ahh that she received. I don't think anyone paid attention to the mc's remarks after she started prancing around! The next model after Elena was heard to remark: I have to follow that! One woman did come over to me after the show to ask the price of the shawl.($125) I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Shawl #2

My Rona Lace shawl from Knitpicks is almost done. I thought I had finished it and blocked it only to find out that it was 10" short! So I ripped out the edge (ruining the yarn) and picked up the stitches (too many to count) and kept going! I repeated patterns as I wished and it looks good, no, make that GREAT!!! I'll post that photo as soon as it dries. I like knitting lace, but now I have to stop and go back to baby socks. I just got a new shipment of superwash yarn that looks so good.

Pi Shawl

For a close-up, click on the photo!

pi = DONE!

I finally finished by shawl for the fashion show next week at the Otsega Hotel in Cooperstown. It's a pi shawl (that, for not shawl-knitters means you start with an odd number and double the number of stitches every 6 rows until you have the shawl the size you want. Since mine is 52", you can do the math and figurer out how many stitches I ended up working on!) The vertical lace edging came out very nice even tho I had to wait until I reordered yarn coz I ran out with 18 rows to go!!! (That was about 3".) Now, for the same fashion show, I'm working on a pink vintage-style A-line child's jacket with a peter pan collar that's edged in navy and a beret to go with it. I want to finish that this week so I can do other things besides knit til 11pm ever night! Like clean house...maybe, not!

knitting my fingers to the bone

I am doing a round, vintage lace shawl for a fashion show at the Otsega Hotel in Coopestown and keep forgetting to do the YO's! I know I'm rushing to get it done, but I feel so slow and dumb!!! After working 7 hours a day at my job, knitting on lace for 4 hours is leaveing me cramped and cranky. Besides the shawl, I have to do an outfit for a 2 year old for the fashion show. I'm thinking of doing a vintage coat/sweater set with a tam. Of course, I'm not being easy on myself, I want to do it in sport yarn. Between the lace shawls, baby socks and baby sweaters in sport yarn, whenever I get to work on ww I feel like I'm working in bulky! And, of course, the shop is doing well with tourist right now and my stock is getting low! I have to force myself to give up lace for awhile and get back to children's sweaters. Oh, well....