New Year

Wow, I didn't intend that my postings would become delinquent so quickly after starting the blog. Powers outside of my control prevented me from connecting with cyberspace. California usually gets about 15 inches of rain a year. What we don't normally do is get 10 of those inches in a week. I still don't have a landline but hopefully that will change in the next week or so.

I finished the shawlette that I was knitting. I switched beads and the method of attaching them because I wasn't please with the way the beads were laying as they were attached as you go. So working from the inside of the ball I strung the beads on the yarn. As I moved the beads to the workingend of the yarn I rewound the ball. Now all I have to do is block and give it away.

So a new year and a new beginning for projects. I have wound on of the skeins of the Tuscany colorway of a BFL that I finished spinning in November. I have started a scarf / stole for myself. The pattern is from a very talented designer in the UK, Allison Collins. Recent health issues have prevented her from being as active as she would like. Everyone is hoping that things improve for her because she is really missed in the crocheting world. I was going to put beads on this one too but after looking at the design they just didn't seem to fit.

In the next couple of weeks the yarns will arrive for the mystery CAL that I joined for 2011. The little pictures published of the design and the beautiful jewel tones of Rowan fibers just hooked me. The finished project is a wall hanging. This will be a first for me and I am looking forward to doing something new in the coming months.

I outlined what I want to accomplish in the coming weeks with my crocheting and stitching and I seem to have piled the plate pretty full. We shall have to see how things go. Off to do a little of the chores that seem to interrupt crocheting time.