and so is love

p~ passed away yesterday.

"And So Is Love"
Kate Bush

And you huh?

You do huh?

We let it in

We give it out

And in the end

What's it all about?

It must be love

I give you my

I give you my

You give me your

You give me your joy

We used to say

"Ah Hell, we're young"

But now we see that life is sad

And so is love

Ooh baby live your life for love

Ooh baby live your life for love

We used to say

"Ah Hell, we're young"

But now we see that life is sad

And so is love

Ooh baby for the sake of love

Ooh baby for the sake of love

And whatever happens

What really matters?

It's all we've got

Isn't that enough?

Life is sad and so is love

You let it slip

You let it slip

I love you more

I love you more for it

Life is sad and so is love

All for love

Just for the sake of love

You set me free

I set you free

and so it goes

greetings!

so, yes - after ripping back the mystery stole to my last lifeline on CHART A for the fifth TIME (my dental floss life line at that point is frightfully frayed!)! I decided that my life was a bit too chaotic for such an advanced / detailed / attentive lace project and I set it aside. I accidentally deleted the photo chronicling this travesty - but I may reload its pitiful little scrappy self in the near future in order to prove that even 'published knit folk' can just fall on their faces every now and then.

well, that and to show off the fancy "lap easel" that I fashioned out of packing material to hold the pattern at an angle on my lap..... with both charts side by side. Non-Knitters have commented that they were surprised that I made it and didn't buy it!!!

of course, that could be a 'comment' on how much I am enamored by purchasing gadgets - especially of the knitting variety - - - dang; for a bit there I thought it was a compliment.

ANYWAY - Instead of working on the MS3, I decided to finish (FINALLY) the "Looking Glass" top from the summer '06 issue of Interweave Knits. (see prior post)

yes. sweaters are commitments. but they really shouldn't take THIS long!!!

however, keep in mind that I've been working on a scarf that I adapted from a Lavold hat/mitten pattern for almost 2 years now... I'm friggin' whacked when it comes to knitting! I LOVE to cast on and design and play away - - I've never been overly hung up on the whole completion thing. Even with other things like obtaining degrees, or finishing other creative projects.... perhaps a subject for a future post?

anyway - I finished knitting my version of the "looking glass top" last week and I blocked it over the weekend and started seaming Sunday over a LARGE cup of tea (2 Lipton bags for one cup!!):

I did my own thing on the front. I didn't like the big hole at the bust (see prior post for original pattern photo) as I don't need additional attention in that area and I'm not real comfortable with the kitchner stitch yet - - so I did my own thing with the front/neckline:
I'm not sure I went the right route with the decreases - running them consistently along the outer 6 stitches of each side of the neckline, but I suppose only real knitters will notice ?? (i hope?)
dang. Those decrease lines are gonna bug me forever. crap.

Other than that. My life has been chaos. I've been working from home - fighting the cats for the most comfortable chairs - - - -

while the love of my life - and my every happiness - is dying from cancer.

more when I can get it together....

d~

I've been working on this sweater (Looking Glass Top) for almost a year now. I don't care much for the hole on the v neck, so I've changed the pattern a bit.

I'm splitting the cable at the "V" and running two cables up along the "V"'s.

I hope to have a photo up soon..... things are crazy here lately...

You have a lot of yarn.....

My good friend, r~, visited this weekend. She is not a fiber person. When she saw all the yarn I had in my living room (in baskets, in project bags, and such) she said "You have a lot of yarn."

I laughed and pulled her up into the guest room and the full sized futon covered with canvas "under the bed" storage bags STUFFED with yarn.

She was appalled and accused me of being crazy.

Then I showed her my spinning bag. :-)

Little does she know. There was more yarn in the guest room closet; and the 'exotic' yarns in the dresser (that only r~ and I believed in!). I guess you could say she really only saw the tip of the fiber iceberg.

I even had a bag of yarn that a friend's husband picked up for me at a tag sale. It was mostly acrylic, but there was some Reynolds "Dream" that was real nice. Unfortunately I'm allergic to Mohair, so I sent it back to Missouri with r~ for a neighborhood acquaintance of hers who is a fiber gal.

It's good to spread the fiber love.

MS3: part 3 - ACK!

LIFE LINE, LIFE LINE, LIFE LINE!!!!

I swear, I just bought some non-flavored dental floss to use as a lifeline. I figured I'd knit to row 35 (I was on row 32) and then string it.

I messed up on row 33 so bad I HAD TO FROG!

I'm starting over, now. And I'm so sad.

MS3: part 3 - AARRRGGGHHH!!!

LIFE LINE, LIFE LINE, LIFE LINE!!!!

I swear, I just bought some non-flavored dental floss to use as a lifeline. I figured I'd knit to row 35 (I was on row 32) and then string it.

I messed up on row 33 so bad I HAD TO FROG!

I'm starting over, now. And I'm so sad.

The Good, The Bad and the Absent Minded

The good news is that I think I found a bind off that will work for me! The Knit, Knit, Pass over, *slip stitch back onto left needle, knit, knit, pass over* repeat between *'s

Although I end up with a bound of edge that has twice as many stitches, I also end up with a bound off edge that is (at least, if not more) as stretchy as the cast on edge!

Cheers!

The bad news is that I lost my MS3 swatch. I've been looking for days so that I might reblock according to suggestions I've received. I just can't find it.

I finished the coral scarf (highlighted in "Knitting People are Good People") using my new bind off approach and should have photo up shortly.

Right now I have TONS of work-work and house work to do, so more later.