I finally got my new 60″ addi turbo circular size 3 needle and have tucked in with the bridal knot shawl again. The directions are a little vague for the crown border pattern (first of two borders), but the gist seems to be that I need to pick up and create a total of 102 stitches on each side of the octagon. So each round is going to be 816 stitches. Oh goody. This border is 106 rows around, so…83,232 stitches total. And thats not counting the actual outer border. This shawl is gonna be HUGE. Pictures tonight.

I also got my yarn and started the Telemark Ski Sweater from KnitPicks. I’m about done with the 2″ ribbed black and white border on the bottom of the sweater, and when I get sick of the shawl I’ll switch over and start the body. I’m enjoying knitting with two colors so far, but its slow because my hands can’t seem to get the hang of keeping one strand of yarn in each hand. Once I make a little more progress I’ll post pictures.

I’m off from work tonight and tomorrow, and since Adam is sick and I’m trying not to be, we’re gonna have a quiet weekend at home (which = lots of knitting time!). Next week we start the house search, so I’ll enjoy this quiet time while I can.

Day off from work, massage, two hours at the beach reading a cheesy chick-lit novel…priceless.

I figured out how to link to the photos, but I need to figure out how to make them smaller before I upload them. Maybe tomorrow.

I got my new circular needle from knitpicks – and its WAY too short. Somehow I thought that the cable would be 40″, not the cable and the needles combined. So…I ordered a 60″ addi from elann.com. We’ll see if thats better – I hope it is because I can’t find a size 2 circular needle longer than that.

I cast on for the Telemark Ski Sweater from knitpicks.com in the colorway shown in the picture. I only have an inch of the bottom ribbing done, but so far the two-color knitting is going well. I’ll post a picture when I finish the ribbing and move on to the body, so that you can actually see it.

Adam’s mom is in town this weekend, and today we went to see her new house. Its beautiful – the kind of house I would love to have but definitely can’t afford right now. We’re going to help with some of the painting and stuff, and I’m getting really excited to nest a little. Not the same as my own place, but I’ll take what I can get.

My new MacBook is here! I’ve been glued to the couch all day uploading my pictures, music, etc. I love it. The best part? Adam and I can both be on the computer at the same time (for the first time in six months). I got a computer backpack to go with it, so I can bring it to work as well (I’ll just be making darn sure I lock the doors of the ambulance). Its nice

Back to the usual…I finished my Jaywalkers. (For now the pictures are linked and huge – hopefully fixing that next time.)

Here is my latest pair of socks, made with KnitPicks “Sock Memories” in the Geranium colorway on size 2.25 needles. The pooling is different on both socks, but I think its complimentary. As of right now, these are going in the Christmas box. I already cast on for another pair – the Welsh cabled sock pattern from Nancy Bush’s “Knitting on the Road”:
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I’m still waiting on my KnitPicks order with the longer circular needle to continue the bridal knot shawl, and my new yarn for my first Fair Isle sweater is in the same shipment – so, for now, my laptop will have to entertain me

(Edited to add: OK I know the pictures aren’t working and I’m not sure why…probably a Mac ploy to make me use their “iWeb” software. I’ll work on it.)

I am posting this from my brand-spanking-new-straight-out-of-the-box-only-took-three-and-a-half-weeks-to-get-here laptop! Its a little weird trying to navigate a mac again (since the last time I used one was in middle school, 13 years ago) but so far I like it In a little while and once I get things installed an figured out – a real post.