Shawl Progress

It has been a while since I last updated my blog. We were away last weekend, July 8 - 10, in Ottawa for David's christening and had a lovely visit with Shan and family. Both boys are growing like weeds and David is crawling around everywhere, pulling himself up and getting into everything. They will be here for a week in August, so we will get lots of pictures. I of course forgot to take my camera to Ottawa with me.

On a sadder note, my dear, dear friend lost her battle with breast cancaer on Wednesday. She was one of the most wonderful people I have ever known and I am honoured to be her friend. I am taking this opportunity to post a link to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation site, in case you are interested in checking it out. And remember to have regular mammograms and do monthly breast examinations!!

I have been working on my shawl, the Lily of the Valley pattern and must confess here and now that there are a lot of mistakes, but they have been neatened up by needle and thread and are not blatantly obvious. I would never get it finished if I kept pulling it out every time a nupp didn't get completely caught up on the purl stitch and needed to be manually fixed. I am not able to figure out how to pick up dropped stitches with all the yarn overs and knit 2 togethers, so I have to back up 1 row at a time. Once it was 6 rows! So you see my dilemma, either never get it finished, or live with a shawl that is not perfect, but still looks great!! Or at least, I think so:




Till next time....
Bye bye for now!