31 March 2006
Birmingham Part 2
Well today has been somewhat of a disastrous day.
Due to the lack of sleep I had Wednesday night I slept in later than I had intended to this morning. It wasn't too major just meant I was going to get to Birmingham for 11am. I get to train station and reach the barriers just as the doors on my train were closing so had an hour to wait for the next train. I did finally manage to arrive there though all in one piece. I did feel more productive in the work I did today though and showed several people how to do the crochet stitch I am using on the blanket and also finger knitting.
On the purchasing side I stopped off at Undy Yarns. I did make a joke to Yvonne when she posted it on UKHK about is that where you buy yarn for woolly bloomers! I think their website if you want to look is www.undyarns.com/co.uk. The result of my purchasing was this small bag of merino. It contains a smattering of several colours and will be put to good use when the wheel arrives.
With Yvonne's help I made some progress on the shawl this afternoon. For some reason it is the starting off that has caused the problems. The pattern says:
1. Crochet chain five stitches.
2. Pick up three stitches with knitting needle on the back of the loop of the crochet chains.
3. Knit these garter st for 6 rows. Pick up three stitches from the edge of the rows you've worked. Unpick the crochet chain and pick up the three stitches so you end up with 9 stitches on your needle.
For some reason it just did not seem to play ball for me until Yvonne showed me where I was going wrong. About 30 minutes later and I had reached to this point:
Now I wonder what my chances are for getting it finished before Sunday.....
Seriously though I am hoping that I will be able to finish it all completely in time to show off at the Bingley Show in August. I know this is still some way off but work always causes things to take a lot longer than they should do hence why I finally finished 11pm Wednesday night as opposed to 5pm!!
Due to the lack of sleep I had Wednesday night I slept in later than I had intended to this morning. It wasn't too major just meant I was going to get to Birmingham for 11am. I get to train station and reach the barriers just as the doors on my train were closing so had an hour to wait for the next train. I did finally manage to arrive there though all in one piece. I did feel more productive in the work I did today though and showed several people how to do the crochet stitch I am using on the blanket and also finger knitting.
On the purchasing side I stopped off at Undy Yarns. I did make a joke to Yvonne when she posted it on UKHK about is that where you buy yarn for woolly bloomers! I think their website if you want to look is www.undyarns.com/co.uk. The result of my purchasing was this small bag of merino. It contains a smattering of several colours and will be put to good use when the wheel arrives.
With Yvonne's help I made some progress on the shawl this afternoon. For some reason it is the starting off that has caused the problems. The pattern says:
1. Crochet chain five stitches.
2. Pick up three stitches with knitting needle on the back of the loop of the crochet chains.
3. Knit these garter st for 6 rows. Pick up three stitches from the edge of the rows you've worked. Unpick the crochet chain and pick up the three stitches so you end up with 9 stitches on your needle.
For some reason it just did not seem to play ball for me until Yvonne showed me where I was going wrong. About 30 minutes later and I had reached to this point:
Now I wonder what my chances are for getting it finished before Sunday.....
Seriously though I am hoping that I will be able to finish it all completely in time to show off at the Bingley Show in August. I know this is still some way off but work always causes things to take a lot longer than they should do hence why I finally finished 11pm Wednesday night as opposed to 5pm!!
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