A score no more—now it's a count
down. Done already, 10 and 9, and 8 (a plain round), too. Soon the
count will be zero rounds to go in chart 3!
As you might remember, I repeated one
line of chart 3 6 times (instead of the charted 4 times) making
this part of the shawl bigger. Come chart 4 I am going to do the
opposite, and shrink the stem length—and make the 87 rounds of
chart 4 a mere 81 rounds. 6 fewer rounds—a dint! I'll have 70
days or so (all of July and August) to do those 80 rounds—I can
work steady for a few days, doing multiple rounds (even 2 is a
multiple!) and then take a break. Some of the first few rounds are
easy- a simple pattern, and the same pattern for a few rounds.
So look here-- now—the central eye section of
the taller feather is done—all that is left is the lacy top—Easy
peasy—with still more decreases to come! The stitch count on chart
3 ends with mere 600 stitches -and while it increases immedately in
Chart 4—it's just to 660. Mini rounds considering what came before
and what is still to come...the shawl ends with marathon rounds of
1500 stitches! (20+ rounds of 1,500 stitches each!)
I got some of the secret sock done
too—the gusset is finished—that was 10 rounds of work. Now the gusset is done, the foot of the
sock will be fast! And then the toe! Maybe by the end of the week
I'll be ready to start on Junes sock (I hope so, the month will be
half over by then!)
I had a fun salad last night too—I
try and eat at least one big salad a day—and if I am not careful,
they get boring.
Last night a RED salad—red leaf
lettuce (OK, part of the lettuce were green), with red onion, and red
cabbage, and red pepper—and to break things up, a grated carrot
too. No tomato (I had pasta with red sauce as an entree)--but I
could have. A red salad is a bit of change (and just as healthy) as a green salad
