Challenging time sucks.

I have a new favorite. It joins the ranks of 7 little Words, Chuzzle, Fairway Golf,and Fishdom. The games I play on my iPad. My new fav is Jar of Marbles. It's a Big Fish game. The challenge is to match marbles and clear the containers. The containers vary in difficulty and there are options for degree of difficulty and speed. The wine glass level has been my nemesis.

Starts and stops

I finished a pair of short socks. I finished a hat. Then I cast on a hat with scraps and finished it. I trolled thru stash and trolled the web. I am clearly in need of a project. I have my lovely camellia shawl on the needle, but that's not a "pick up and knit" that's a "settle in and pay attention knit". At least at this stage of the project. So I decided I needed new club covers and someone, not sure who, needs new socks. The fun fur for the clubs is sparkly, a Christmas sale from Michaels, because it seems here everything can use a little "bling". One down three more to go.

But I need to cast on something big too. I have a bunch of Cascade Sierra that needs to become something. Just not sure what.

Birds

Today at golf there were loads of birds hanging around one of the ponds. My putting was horrible, but it was a lovely day.

Amazing

I machine washed and dried the anemone hat made out of at felt like the roughest squeakiest Red heart Super Saver ever......AMAZINGLY it transformed into a wonderfully soft hat. Who woulda thunk it. I was concerned the way it felt before washing that the recipient wouldn't know if it was a hat or something to use to scour pots and pans.

Somedays are full of fun.

A good friend is visiting this week.
The weather has been nice. Moderate temps, but still sooo much warmer the Minnesota. We've din some shopping, she found great deals on some tops. I bought shoes way discounted today.
I finished a scarf for my Aunt, a sweater for dd2, and cast on a hat that makes me and everyone that sees I smile.

Some days and weeks are just fun!

Charts and technology

I started my Camilla shawl. My first attempt at beading combined with lace. To make following the chart more convenient I downloaded the pattern to the Goodreader app. It allows me to keep the pattern close at hand. It's possible to enlarge and highlight the line of the chart your working on. A great thing indeed.

Another use for dental floss

Just started my camellia shawl. It's silky alpaca lace yarn on size 4 needles. It starts out with casting on 383 stitches. Then on the second row of the pattern, beginning the lace work, you add beads. I bought the smallest crochet hook I could find. It wasn't small enough. So I reached for my handy dental floss and made a bead threader. These may be the slowest 34 rows of a pattern ever knit.