Currently on the Needles


Good morning!

My photo today is a bit deceiving... I threw in the Hamilton book but barely read two pages this week.  I'll blame the company that was in my house.  Having both my family here visiting and then my sister and her family visiting gobbled up all of my free time.

The citron shawl has made great progress due to its ease in knitting.  This project can be executed while talking and multitasking on most of the rows.  I like that.  My sister and I sat in the front room knitting away (and talking).

I'm participating in a yarn along with Girls in Sheep Clothing blog.  They chose Anisos shawl and while this photo above is pristine and beautiful and shows great progress, I stupidly dropped a stitch in a yarn over area and was unable to fix it last night. (I'll blame watching Doctor Who, Series Five with Amy Pond...)  So I ripped all of it out and started over.

This knit is NOT for multitasking...Ha!

Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

What are you knitting and reading this week?

Comments

  1. VeraJanuary 4, 2017 at 8:35 AM

    Both shawls will be gorgeous! Love the colors. I'm having a hard time getting back to the "routine" of work - lol.

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  2. AsKatKnitsJanuary 4, 2017 at 8:37 AM

    I love your color choices Karen! Beautiful!! And, dropping a stitch and starting over with that many stitches is so painful!

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  3. JuliannJanuary 4, 2017 at 9:34 AM

    Oh no! I am going very slowly on my current project because I do not want to rip this one back!

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  4. stephJanuary 4, 2017 at 9:53 AM

    both will be gorgeous.....as all your knits are!!! I'm joining you with Hamilton...and loving it!!!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2017 at 9:54 AM

    Love the color on your NEW project too! Lots of lovely knitting to keep you busy this winter.

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  6. flyingjenJanuary 4, 2017 at 11:39 AM

    ugh. I hate that you had to rip back to the beginning. The color for your citron is lovely.

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  7. Judy S.January 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM

    I'm working on a couple pairs of mitts, and reading Dewey, the Library Cat that is our January book club choice. Sorry you had to rip out the shawl; that's a bummer. I had to rip back one of the mitts because I couldn't figure out where I had stopped. Back on track, thankfully!

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  8. Kim January 4, 2017 at 5:45 PM

    Gosh that yarn for the citron is stunning! Sorry about that dropped stitch...bummer :(

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  9. EileenJanuary 4, 2017 at 6:07 PM

    Good luck on your KAL, I did one of theirs several years ago and loved it. Happy New Year to you and your family.

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  10. spriteJanuary 4, 2017 at 6:43 PM

    I hate when that happens! It's particularly irksome on knits where there are a ton of stitches!

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  11. AlinaJanuary 4, 2017 at 8:35 PM

    Good luck with both of your knits! I also love having two projects going on at the same time - one mindless knit and one that I can really follow along, learn new things and have fun!

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  12. BonnyJanuary 4, 2017 at 8:38 PM

    Your Citron is stunning, and I bet Anisos is also, now that you've (painfully) started over. And I think Hamilton will be willing to wait for you. :-)

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  13. mamasmercantileJanuary 5, 2017 at 1:33 AM

    Such a shame that you had to rip out your project, I hate it when that happens. Have fun with both of your projects. Take care.

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  14. CloudberryJanuary 5, 2017 at 2:22 AM

    Love the Citron!

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  15. TannaJanuary 5, 2017 at 7:39 AM

    Yes, there's social/TV knitting... and then, there's solitary knitting. LOL! Evan still refers to the lace knitting as "DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME, I'M COUNTING!" knitting. LOL! Haven't done any of that in awhile. ;) Your Citron is going to be so beautiful! Can't wait to see it finished. blessings ~ tanna

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2017 at 8:16 AM

    Sounds like a wonderful use of free time to me :) I have to do some unknitting today too (how did an extra YO get in there?!?)and am thankful it will only be a couple rows. Ripping out it painful!

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  17. kathy bJanuary 5, 2017 at 11:57 AM

    I headed over to GIRL IN SHEEPs and love it. Thanks for the link. Im knitting a shawl that is not near as lacy as your KAL. 28s Big Sister 77. Reading: blogs

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  18. Jeannie Gray KnitsJanuary 5, 2017 at 2:42 PM

    Thanks for the intro to Girl in Sheeps Clothing. I love finding new knitting blogs to read. Sorry about having to rip Anisos. That's painful! It's going to be gorgeous when you're done though.

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  19. GraceJanuary 5, 2017 at 4:43 PM

    I love your honesty, Karen! Both projects look wonderful. I am currently working on embroidery, although what I SHOULD be doing is finishing up the sweater I started four years ago! : )

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