What I did Not Choose
I've been in between projects so to speak this week.
I worked a few rows of my never ending scrap blanket.
I got to knit on the PORCH yesterday.
Squeal!
But I wasn't feeling the love.
So I looked at a few shawls.
I did not chose the Sick Day Shawl shown above in purple.
I came close. I'd never say never, but I had trouble down loading the pattern for purchase.
I took a little look at Mick Jagged above.
I liked the solid versus variegated mix.
Still, I wasn't feeling the love of short rows either.
Are they hard to keep track of?
I've never done a short row project except for heel turns on socks.
What did I decide?
I'll tell you tomorrow.
I'm switching projects faster than a cat can get pregnant in warm Chicago weather.
I worked in the operating room this morning.
We opened up a Kitty who came to us two weeks ago with a nearly weaned kitten. This morning we saw She was pregnant again, and not newly pregnant.
So, she got closed back up to have another litter.
So she obviously came to us with one kitten to wean and she was already pregnant with this next litter.
Any surprises in your neck of the woods?
Comments
I just started a shawl I recently purchased on Ravelry. It is so pretty and so easy to do!! it is called "Great Divide"...
Linda in VA
Blessings,
Betsy
It's been a challenging week in this neck of the woods. Several surprises and none of them good. :-(
Hopefully, next week will be a better week.
Hope little kitty is okay and that she delivers healthy babies and recovers well herself.
Kinga
The weather is surprising me - it's gorgeous here.
I hate short rows...she says as she is about to cast on a short row shawl. Sigh...
Short rows are a breeze. The Vikings KAL Shawl (I'm guessing) is loaded with them, and I am glad. Otherwise, I'd be knitting close to 400 stitches every row!
FYI-the Mick Jagged doesn't use short rows, it uses the m1 at one edge of the shawl and k2tog at the other to give it that shape-it is all the shawl knitting rage right now!
You will have a good knit whatever you choose!
I hope the momma kitty is okay. I don't understand why they had to open her up, was it because she was pregnant?
I like that Mick Jagged. You should do it some day when you are in the mood. short rows aren't that hard to keep track of in my opinion, but if you're in doubt, just put a clippy stitchmarker on it for peace of mind!
We thought, having just had kittens, and weaned them, that she was ready to be spayed. We were shocked that she was pregnant already.....we closed her right up, but we couldn't have known any other way. We would never have opened her up if we knew. Still she should do fine. It was sterile, only one kitten got touched at all!