Annie's Blog

I have to tell you how cool it is to be able to get together with a group of good fiber friends. The Louisville SBSTT group gets together every odd-numbered Tuesday at one of the local Barnes and Noble bookstores, and it’s the highlight of my month. It works out that we get together every two to three weeks, which is just about the time I’m pretty desperate for some “me” time with fiber. And the coffee and chocolate don’t hurt either!

Last night’s gathering was very productive, because we: oohed and ahhed over the silk scarf exchange scarves I’ve received so far (gotten scarves from six participants so far, not including yours truly), we sorted and started plying the singles we’ve spun for the group shawl project, we discussed construction of the shawl, and we decided that we’ll start knitting on March 11.

The shawl construction is still a work in progress–I think what we’ve figured out is that we want to go ahead and do a square shawl, which means that we can have four knitters–two will work increases at every corner, and the others will knit “plain.” We’re also thinking that we will probably incorporate some sort of patterning into the shawl–possible Old Shale, possibly some combination of YO and K2Tog. We’ll just have to see. Viki and I are swatching on size six and eight needles, and we’ll try to have the middle knit before the 11th so that we can all start working. Note to self: must order/get some short circulars in the appropriate sizes. But not too short!

Sorry about the lack of pictures and links…

–Annie

And here I am again, less than two weeks later! OK, so it’s not great, but it’s better than I had been doing.

I’m sad to see some of the blogs not updated as frequently as they used to be. Have to admit that I’m addicted to reading them, and it’s good lunch-time reading for me for when I need a break at work. At least now I can get to most of the sites.

I’ve got about ten inches done on my Silk Scarf Exchange scarf, and I have to admit that I really like the way it looks. It’s soft, shimmery and drapey. I may have to go prowling the local Tuesday Morning and Pier One stores to find a napkin ring or something to serve as a scarf ring.

Also been spinning like a big dog on the fiber we’re going to use as the base for the Group-Knit shawl for the Louisville SBSTT group. I can’t wait to see how it will all start coming together! On Tuesday we’re going to exchange balls of singles for plying so that we balance the yarn as much as possible. I think my singles will be bumpier than Viki’s and Anita’s, but I could be wrong. I can’t wait to show Cindy what we’ve been doing–I hope she’s making out ok with her mom down in FL.

I guess I need to track down some examples of Pi shawls to see if we want to try to go the round route rather than the triangle road.

Wish me luck–tomorrow is the gingival graft surgery. Ew, yuck!

–annie