Ready, Set, Go!

This is it!  We have planned and knit and prepared for this day!  Yarns and beads have been chosen and we are ready to go!

Slip knot on needle with beads on the tail of the yarn ready to go - the tail of the yarn goes over your thumb!
  1. If you haven’t already, before you start knitting, pre-string 400 beads for the sock weight scarf or 550 beads for the lace weight scarf.
  2. Separate 58 beads (sock) or 79 beads (lace) onto the tail of your yarn before beginning your cast-on.
  3. Give yourself about 2 or 3 yards of yarn for your tail – this is too much, but I hate to run out!
  4. Make your slip knot and start casting on!
Just a few beads on - they still look a little jumbled but will tidy up as you go along.

Things to remember – this is not a race – inspite of my starting comment!  Knitting this scarf is for fun and maybe a little for learning.  So enjoy!  If you are not at the next section when it is released, just download and store for later.

Here is the link for the pattern!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dark-of-the-morning

I hope that you do join Ravelry and post your progress as you go!  If you do, don’t forget to link your project to the pattern!

Happy Knitting

Lynette

Beads are all laid out in a row, nicely spacing your cast-on stitches. Take a look at the ends of the yarn - they are in place and ready to cast-on another stitch, pull up a bead and repeat!

Status Quo

Status quo, a commonly used form of the original Latin “statu quo” – literally “the state in which” – is a Latin term meaning the current or existing state of affairs.[1] To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are. The related phrase status quo ante, literally “the state in which before”, means “the state of affairs that existed previously”.[2]  – Wikipedia

The last two mornings I have sat in my chair and stared at the computer screen wondering what to say!  OH no! – it is the end – there is nothing new in my life to write or talk about and I will never write again!  A little extreme, but you get the idea.

Fiona's Lace Version of the Dark of the Morning!

I have spent a great deal of time this week working on the retreat and KAL hand-outs, as a result I haven’t knit a lot or gone for any interesting walks or really had anything new to say – hence the status quo is normal – there have been no changes!

I sit here with some Twining Earl Grey Tea – my favorite brand of Earl Grey – and realise that some weeks are just like that.  Your friends will know and appreciate that no change is just time to chat about what isn’t changing and appreciate those quiet moments in life where everything is just moving as it should!

Dark of the Morning - KAL - I have started the second section now and it is all working well!

I have moved the start date of the KAL forward to this Sunday January 29th.  Fiona has finished knitting her first section and is satisfied that the charts and instructions make sense.  I’ll do a proper start-up announcement about where and how on Sunday – if you have not joined Ravelry you will need to! You need to be a member – there is no charge to join – in order to download the first installment of the pattern!

Bed Socks anyone!?

I am designing a pair of beaded mohair bed socks for fun – and to keep my feet warm while sleeping.  I have recently discovered that I sleep better with some socks on!  It is true, I cannot tell a lie.  It may all be in my head, but it is working and I am sleeping better so I am going with it!  I also have come up with the idea of knitting the pattern up in some undyed mohair-silk that I have and painting a pair – I have been playing around with the idea of a hand-painted sock class!

I hope that you have a great day!  If you are on the West Coast – it is supposed to rain all weekend – so take advantage of today if you can.  And then knit – guilt free – all weekend!  I will be!  If you live elsewhere I hope that you have  a great weekend and do lots of what you love as well!

Happy Knitting

Lynette