Who Has Time to Blog?

It's true. It's hard to find time to blog when I have been spending so much time tinking, er I mean "practicing". If I had been practicing the piano instead, I would be able to play "Flight of the Bumblebee" by now.

My progress has been slowed by a new approach that I'm taking to this mystery stole. When I finish a knit row (you know, the one with all the SSK, K2tog and the hateful YO), I stop and count each stitch. If I somehow don't end up with 99 stitches, I only have one row to take out, rather than three or more. So far, this plan is working. My biggest fear is that this stole will somehow expand to several hundred stitches.

I have been working in a little time for my cardigan. I'm about halfway through the fist sleeve. Normally, I would knit both sleeves at the same time, but I'm on my last ball of yarn and I don't want to buy another it I don't have to. Yes, even as a shop owner, I have to buy my yarn.

Yesterday, we received the needle pouches for Stitch N Pitch night. They are very nice and I was impressed with the quality of them. Speaking of which, we still have a few tickets left if you would like to join us. The game is July 26 at 7:00 pm and the tickets are only $12.00. Call the shop if you are interested.

Feeling Just a Little Incompetent

Some days a person just feels like they can't seem to do anything right. The computer wouldn't let me log on again (I got here accidently), I think I need three hands to operate my new spinning wheel and I have decided that when it comes to my lace knitting I will no longer be "tinking", I will be "practicing".

Do you have any idea how much "practicing I have done on that lace stole? Just when all is going well - BAM!!! - another mistake.

I am getting pretty good at adding beads though.

That spinning wheel is a very humbling experience. It's like patting your tummy and rubbing your head at the same time and that's while you are standing on one foot. But, as my Mom always said, practice makes perfect. So far with all the practice I've done, I'm getting really good at hooking the yarn through the thingamagig. Mayde for my next lesson I'll learn what that hole is called.

We're not even going to discuss the computer.

What's the good news? We had our 98 degree day. With any luck, that means summer is over. 98 is entirely too hot for Seattle.

My sweater is complete except for the sleeves and if I don't have too much "practicing" to do on the mystery stole, I hope to finish up the sleeves this week.

Well my friends, it's back to the stole. Clue 3 came in this morning and Beth just showed me that someone already has Clue 3 done. I don't think that person is getting enough "practice". Do you?

So why haven't I posted in so long? Well that's because apparently I'm no longer smart enough to rememeber how to get onto Blogger. It's a good thing that my "computer guru" Beth can log me on. The only problem is she didn't tell me what I had done wrong. I hope I won't be at her mercy forever.

So onto the news of the day. That mystery stole will be the death of me, if the computer doesn't do me in first that is. Sunday, I wanted to show Beth how well I was coming along on the stole and when I pulled it out of my knitting bag, guess what, I pulled half the stitches off the needle. I could have cried. I still could, because I'm still unknitting rows. I suppose it's time to get serious about lifelines.

Last night I went to Wooly Twisters to learn how to use my new spinning wheel. After gettingthe wheel up to snuff, I tried spinning. All was going well. So today I am all set to practice and could I remember what to do? Oh no! I'm going to blame all of this on the heat, because it can't possible be entirely all my fault. Can it?