The rest of the story

I had intended to publish a post last summer, but after I typed the post, my computer put it somewhere I couldn't find, so I sort of gave up, and as so often happens, I "accidentally" found it--in the blog draft pages, for which there are no links on the regular post page, so I am not sure how one finds the drafts even now.

Anyway, the last post was found, finished and published today, even tho' the day says December 28, 2013. Try not to be too confused.

Here is a picture of the finished project:

As I was pinning the shawl in place with the blocking wires, I noticed four little stitches near the beginning of the project that were sort of hanging loose with little connection to the rest of the stitches--this was not good. Apparently, when I purled all four of the stitches together, I picked up more fuzz (it is a mohair yarn) than yarn, and in the process of being washed, the fuzz gave up and turned those four stitches loose. Since I am inherently unable to rip down an entire project, I had to devise a solution to corral those four renegade stitches: I took a piece of yarn and did duplicate stitches as though I were knitting the all over again; tucked in the ends and viola! hole closed, stitches safely under control and only I know it (and whoever reads this blog, of course).

And once again, I will try to keep to a better schedule of blog entries. It's not like I have nothing to report, since at any given time, I have six or eight projects in various stages of completion. In fact, I am working on another cobweb scarf, but more of that later.

Gnarly Gnitter

Gnarly Gnitter is all about knitting, just in case you had trouble figuring out the name. I hope to make this blog a bit more than just how to do a really super loose cast on or cast off. I hope to knit my thoughts as well as yarn in this blog. So here goes:
At the moment I have at least five projects (there may be more in hiding, waiting to spring out when my back is turned): a cotton lace shell knitted from the top down; a shawl using Araucania Lonco variegated cotton, blue/green/turquoise/lavender; wool/nylon sox in similar colors; a pale yellow fine mohair "hug" (I guess you can call it a prayer shawl) and a white, very fine mohair shawl which has been in the beginning stage for months. Oh, did I mention the scarves I am knitting for our Meals on Wheels clients for Christmas?
I work at a Senior Center and we were donated a huge pile of yarn, mostly acrylic, lots of eyelash, some chenille and other novelty yarns. We figured a good way to use it up would be to knit neck scarves for our MOW clients as we live in a climate that can get pretty cold and windy (East of the Cascades in Oregon). So far, between a coworker and myself, we have 15 or 16 scarves of really wild variations in yarn, color, length, width and pattern. The eyelash is a lot of fun and works up fast; so does the chenille which, fortunately, is in a color that is appropriate for one of our guy clients. Eyelash just doesn't say "masculine" and our clients are old enough that the difference is important.
Enough for now, I'll catch up on other Gnarly Gnitting soon.

The Gnarly Gnitter