Pictures of my completed Mystic Light Swatch

Finished the swatch! Whew! Here is a picture of it on a dark background not blocked:


And here is a picture of it blocked on a light background:


I hope to start Part I this weekend. I still have to measure to be sure it is coming out to the right size. Love the colors though. That's a relief.

Mystic Light KAL Part I

Part I was delivered yesterday. Alot of people have it done already. Whoa. I'm still trying to get my swatch done. Haven't had time. I was looking at Part I and got the deer in the headlights look. After a bit, I figured out how it was being worked by comparing other people's finished pieces to the instructions. Shouldn't be too bad...I hope! The pattern is beautiful so far though.

Socks

I started some really basic socks on Sunday. I was trying to look for something very basic as I was very tired from the crazy weekend I had. The colors are pretty wild (red, yellow, orange, purple).

No Knitting Today

Didn't get around to knitting today. It was a run errands/clean the house/do the taxes day. I'm almost done with the taxes tg! My husband likes to play the stock market so he buys and sells like crazy which makes filling out the 1099 stuff on the tax forms a nightmare. It took me 3 hours to get my worksheets done so I can fill in the tax forms. *sigh* But at least they are well documented.

Saw Step Up 2 today. Not a fabulous story line but the dancing was incredible. I also liked the soundtrack. Tomorrow DU plays ND in the WCHA Final Five tournament. I'm definitely watching it on tv. Hope they win!

Progress!

Last night I was feeling restless. I wanted to work on some knitting but nothing too complex. I searched for my toddler socks I've been working on but can't find it, so I pulled out the Philosopher's Wool Sweater that I haven't worked on in years, found my place and knitted 6 rows. It felt great! I love fair isle knitting. I don't have to have perfect lighting for it and can watch tv while I do it.

Started my Mystic Light Shawl swatch again (4th time now). I keep dropping stitches and can't figure out where so I end up ripping it. I'm going to try doing it during lunch today in a well lit area using size 8 wood needles. The wood will help deter me from dropping stitches (I hope). I was using size 7. The swatch was coming out really small so hopefully the size 8 will make it a little bigger. I've noticed others on the kal are moving to size 8 as well. So I'm not the only one. The funny thing about this swatch is the cables on either side I was a little worried about getting them to work right. Those are going well and I'm actually able to do it better without the cable needle. It is the lace that is causing me issues. The yarn is kind of dark so unless I have perfect lighting, it can be difficult to catch my errors. So I'm hoping the daylight will help.

Today is my last day of work for the week and then I have a wonderful relaxing 4 day weekend without the spouse or kiddo. Molly may actually get walked! Friday, DU plays in the WCHA final five against North Dakota. Hopefully they can pull off the win. Then they'll have to go against our arch rival Colorado College. They are really good this year so it may be trying. I really hope DU makes it to the frozen four this year as it is being held in Denver this year. If so, I hope to get tickets. If not, I'll be watching it on tv.

Been Awhile

I'm still plugging on the Danica Scarf. Sheldon needs to be sewn still. I caved and bought new yarn today for the Mystic Light KAL. I've never done a shawl before or lace so should be interesting. The lady at the Lamb Shoppe was pretty enthusiastic about the color I picked and would like to see the pattern. The KAL doesn't start until March 26 so it will be awhile yet. I do have the gauge swatch pattern so can practice with that. The yarn I got is very pretty. It is from Mountain Colors Hand-Painted Yarns. The color I got is sun river.