So, this Mystery Stole. I'm getting a bit worried. I finished Clue 3 last night (horror of horrors, it took me more than just the weekend). I blame this on the obsessive kitty hat making, but I did get seven of the little suckers off to Gaia to sell at Otakon. She had three already, so ten total isn't quite such a sad inventory. I need to try selling them on Etsy, but only after my hands recover from all the acrylic.
So I finished the third clue last night, well maybe 12:30 this morning. Tuesday night... that's a new low. Most of the knitting was done at Columbia Mall before the Decemberists show at Merriweather- I scared a few of the kids hanging out by the "water feature" I think. The rest of it was on the couch while watching America's Got Talent. I hate to say it America, but I'm not so sure about that Talent label.
I probably would have completed it faster, except for the baby blankets I'm working on. Funny how I continue along with my knitting life, completely blase, until the moment I realize I have less than a month to finish two blankets that I started ... 3-6 months ago. I anticipate that the crocheted blanket will be 100 (long) rows, and I'm on 64 as of this morning. Amazing how much you can complete while waiting for the cable guy to show up. The knitted baby blanket will probably be 30 squares, and I've completed 10. So that's some progress, at least.
I'm scared about the next clue for the stole. Instead of 50 rows, we have well over 100. Also, Melanie suggests strongly that we use a lifeline in Row 287. I hate lifelines. They offend me. But if the designer is telling us to suck it up and use one, in this particular row, so be it. I have this sinking feeling this is going all multi-directional or something. I have trust in her that it will come out lovely, but I admit that I'm less in love with it after 1/3 of the stole than I was in the first clue. I still love the intricate border, though, so maybe I'll be able to regain my initial admiration somewhere in Clue 4 or 5...
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Oh, I am so with you. I DO NOT do lifelines, and I don't even like stitch markers. And while the shawl is still lovely, I'm getting less interested the more it starts looking like bees and honeycomb and the more I worry about weird shapes and the like. A beaded bee shawl is just not something I can imagine wearing....
But--to keep myself happy, I remember how gorgeous the designer's other shawls are, and how classic, and also try to focus on how much fun I'm still having knitting the shawl!
I think it's not going to be a bee shawl, though- it's very scaly to my mind, and still Eastern. But not bees! Here's why: It's been done. Besides, bees aren't particularly anti-wedding. I'm still thinking it's some kind of Eastern myth...
I think it will end up pretty, but I'm just not as enthralled as I was. Worst case, as Yarn Harlot has said, it's a ready-made holiday gift...
You gotta come back to SSK, where there are at least two to three others doing the Mystery Shawl...okay, we miss you!
I love SSK! And Adega! But I often work until 7, and can't get up there.
I'll try and get out early next time... I want to see all these MS3s!
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