Australia Calling. Snap!

Hi Shelagh,
I know. I know.  I started this blog, invited you to join in and I haven't been here playing or communicating much at all.  I'm sorry.  Life here has been busy and I have been wanting to knit much more than wanting to talk about it.  I have fallen in love with The West Wing.  And yes, it could be a sign of the limited intellect that I possess that it took me so many years to discover this fantastic show.  But I'm on board now and I'm on board in a big way.  It is also great knitting TV.  It doesn't usually matter if you sneak a look at the knitting while watching which is the best sort of TV.  I love to sit and watch foreign language films but now I find that not only do I have to be in the mood to watch and read the sub-titles I also have to be in the mood to not knit.  Rarely do these 2 things come together - the way of my world dictates TV = Knitting time :)

How goes your arm - I hope it is healing.  We have one here as well (which I thought was sort of funny, although painful, of course):

The Girl has broken her wrist - she fell over while playing soccer at school.  Actually, it took her 3 goes at the falling over - so you've got to admire her "never say die" attitude :)  She has broken it in two places - a longitudinal break and a side crack of the radius.  It has had to be frequently x-rayed and managed by a specialist as it could have a permanent impact on the wrist joint if it moves or fails to heal properly.   It has had to be re-plastered to "get it right" and there is another x-ray again this Friday - hopefully that will be the last one until we are closer to the end of the healing process.

I've got a few knitting projects to talk about, but I thought I would stick to just one tonight - that will guarantee I'll be back soon to show off the others - including some disasters :(

I give you .... another.... Swallowtail......

And a close up of the yarn, which provides a much better impression of the colour, rather than the washed out look above.

I don't have any particular purpose for knitting another Swallowtail.  The finished shawl is now on my "to gift" shelf.  I now know this pattern so well that it actually makes great travelling knitting and I can crank one out in less than 2 weeks, which is really fast knitting for me.  And this yarn, which is a really pretty heathered pink/purple makes a lovely swallowtail.

I haven't done anymore on our KAL, the Muir.  I think this is because of the issues I am having with uneven tension.  I need to pull it out and begin again and fix the problem.  But, I don't acutally know what to do to stop the huge YO's that are being created where I have my stitch markers.  I don't think it is the size of them that is impacting as they are quite thin.  It is something that I am doing as I move them and loosen my grip on my knitting.  Pulling the yarn tightly after I have moved the marker doesn't seem to make a difference either.  So, I am flommoxed and don't know what to do, so I do nothing.  I have some days off work beginning tomorrow and continuing until Wednesday of next week (woohoooooooo) so will use some of this quiet time to give it another go.  I'm sure once I get this sorted it will move along because it is a fairly straightforward pattern. And it is so pretty - I.Want.Mine.Finished!

And on a much cheerier note, we really do live at the end of the rainbow:

:) :)
Enough for now...

Comments

[Shelagh Dennis]

Hi Deb.... so sorry to hear about The Girl's wrist and I can sympathize with her on the pain involved.

Of course I haven't done much on the Muir since just before my surgery. I can't help much with the Y/O's since I haven't had the problem. I am back to knitting but sticking with a baby blanket charity item for the time being. I'm doing entirely too much gardening and it hurts my wrist.

BTW, I love The West Wing too, and watched it for a few years in re-runs, as well as when it first came out.

Love the rainbow!