Weekend woes
As I posted over on the Team Colorado blog, I spent Friday evening at Stacey's home. She invited the team over to cast on during opening ceremonies. A nice sized turnout, and some of us stayed pretty late.
here's my progress on Lady Elenor so far... I'm knitting her on size 5s, and I cast on 88 stitches instead of 56 (11 repeates instead of 7). She'll be big enough for what I intended her for (a lap blanket... on which the kitties will sit when I'm on the couch).
The dyer's choice interlacements is a huge hunk of love.
About 7 inches in diameter, and I wound her up TIGHT. If I remember correctly, she's 1325 yards of a silk/wool blend. And here's a closeup of the project thus far.
Everyone seemed to make good progress... but I'm already a bit discouraged about being able to finish in 13 more days. I mean, I can't live in a time warp where I tell everyone in my life "...see you in two weeks after the knitting Olympics!"
A la Bookish Wendy, I spent a bit of time figuring out that I have over 46000 stitches on this puppy. Which means I need to knit about 3000 stitches per day to finish on time. uh oh.
Yesterday, I went to church for a class assignment. I chose this particular church because I scored well on the belief-o-matic. What faith are you?
posted by CynCyn @ 10:49 PM
18 Comments:
that's looking really nice. I thought about amkingthat for my mom fo rher bday next month...cant wait to see how it turns out
the colors are knitting up so wonderfully cyn! see you in 13 days :) i haven't even cated on yet! guess i missed the knitting olympics this time around!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! Great idea to make it as a lap blanket, too.
Thanks for the link to the Belief-O-Matic. Looks like I'm 100% Secular Humanist...
What an interesting quiz! Apparently I'm an Orthodox Quaker. Who knew?
I think it's absolutely beautiful!
I just took the belief-o-matic, curious about what it would tell me. It clearly got me pegged at first (100% secular humanist). But it is amazing, given how many answers I gave about there being no god, or it not mattering that I woudl still be 98% Unitarian (just goes to show how little you have to believe to be Unitarian), 76% Mainline Protestant, and even 50% Mormon! I am happy to report that I am most at odds with Scientology (20%). Lots of fun - thanks for pointing me to that!
it's beautiful, I love the colors.
Yep, took the quiz, and I'm exactly what I thought I'd be. Interesting quiz though.
I think that your Lady Eleanor looks great...don't be discouraged! I was going to say we should just have a shut in this weekend, since I have Monday off. But damn...you're going to Boston! Silly school, keeps getting in the way of my, I mean your, knitting time!! When do you leave?
Don't be discouraged! It looks great and remember - the knitting olympics is about the pursuit of excellence not the win or lose.
Thanks for the Belief-O-Matic. I was raised Methodist in my early days and that didn't even show up. Apparently I'm Buddhist or Liberal Quaker!
L.E. is beautiful.
I think my favorite-est part of the quiz is the disclaimer in red at the beginning. Luckily, it's not binding, because I'm coming back from hell to sue if the quiz is wrong.
Wow, *I* think it's looking gorgeous!! :)
According to beliefnet, the Orthodox Quaker movement is what suits me 100% - uhm.. I'm not so sure.. never met a Quaker in my life!
Love the colours on Lady Eleanor. Great progress too.. keep going girl! You'll get it done soon...
eleanor looks gorgeous! you'll get there. i have faith :)
Your Eleanor is looking great. I'm already out of the running, so don't feel bad. and I'm 100% Reform Judaism, ok? And lots of other things, very interesting.
Eleanor looks great!! You were busy after Friday night. Off to take my own quiz.
That belief-o-matic is interesting. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I came up as a Mormon. I was though. I guess what you grasp as a child doesn't leave you entirely.
I think you've made great progress and the Lady looks beautiful.
13 days sounds bad. How about "almost 2 weeks"? Better?
Your Lady E is lovely--I am knitting one too, and don't believe I will be achieving gold;0( Interestingly, my wrist (the left ) is killing me-- I couldn't even pick up my coffee cup today. I cannot believe that this would be a problem for me! I hope you feel better! Keep knitting
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