Penelope is Becoming

Let me present the beautiful and elegant "Penelope Blouse" by Oat Couture ! She is in the process of Becoming. I am so excited as I knit away. This blouse started off with many blunders and false starts. But, I have persevered and now I can see it is going to actually BE a blouse. I have knitted up to just beyond the arm openings. Now I will work on the front, and when that is finished then I will do the back. Once the front and back have been knitted. then she gets stitched together at the shoulders and the arm opening lace will be knitted and applied. Then, I will be actually wearing her. Since I am leaving in two more days, I know I can't get her finished up before I leave. I will take her along and finish her up in Austria or Germany. I am thinking that her first debut will maybe be on the trip to Munich for the day, or maybe even standing atop the Untersberg (mountain) in Austria. I expect her to look great and to pose well for a photo shoot!

I won't be posting to my blogs until I return in July. I will have lots to share then. I will be yarn shopping and I am selecting some patterns to take with me so I have a PLAN when I go to the local yarn shops in Austria and Germany.

I have to go pack now.

Penelope Full Speed Ahead

I am happily knitting away on Penelope by Oat Couture. After about 6 false starts and lots of time spent int he Frog Pond, I am finally "doing it." I am very excited with this blouse. I never really did much at all with lace knitting, so I have learned some things by being tenacious and refusing to give up on it.


The first thing I have learned is to put a stitch marker at the end of every pattern, regardless of how many I have going around that blouse. This is how I finally managed to get the pattern. Before, I did not have anything to remind me of where I was in the pattern then I would soon be lost and beyond the point of going on. Now, as you can see, I am successful by doing just this one thing.

The other thing is that I had made a mistake in reading the pattern, time and again. I finally saw my little mistake that I kept repeating consistently. Now, I am making good progress and I am thrilled.

SP10 - STASH PHOTOs

We are asked to post photos of our stash for Secret Pal 10. OK, no big deal. I will just go take a couple and that will be it. So, off I went to my fiber arts studio to take a photo of my nicely organized stash wall. Then, of course there was more on another wall, but this time in a basket and a covered container. No problem. Snap and Snap. The photos were taken. Then, I walked through the living room. Oops, I forgot about the STASH in there. Dining Room? Yep, MORE in there but very neat in two beautiful baskets. Then, the den, too held some stash in Yarn tainers. OH, YES, there was a bit more in another corner of the living room, too. OK, NOW I think I have recorded it all for you. It wook SIX photos to caputre my stash. But, on the good side, you can see I am ORGANIZED and it is NEAT and looks good. At least, I think so!

But, then after taking the six STASH photos, I saw I had a number of UFOs that I photographed too. I have 9 UFOs currently. I am working on that.