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Gah!!!
Okay, but seriously, I have a really good reason for falling behind on all my updates and series'.
Three words.
Doctor. Who. Scarf.
I know, I know, I'm an awful person. I'm behind on Pray the Gay Away AND Gwil's Guide to Growing Up Torchwood.
But, you see, I've been knitting this Doctor Who scarf. You know: the Tom Baker one. And I was supposed to have it done in time for Christmas cards, which I needed to order by Monday (today) for various family reasons.
So I started knitting it like, a month or two ago. No problem: I'm a fast knitter, I get to catch up on Eastenders and the IT Crowd and Criminal Minds and all sorts of other lovely TV.
Then I figure out, about two feet from the end of scarf number one, that I've been reading the pattern wrong the whole time (I was one off, like when you fill in a scantron one off the whole time? Yeah. Grrrrrrrr....).
Damn it to fucking hell.
So I unravel the whole thing and take a few weeks off in a fit of depression.
Then I start back up again. Now I've got to speed-knit. I basically ruin my left index finger with all the wrapped yarn as I'm trying to keep the tension up, and my fingers/hands are so used to curling around my knitting needles that I find myself waking up in the middle of the night to searing hand pain and having to slowly uncurl them by pressing them against the mattress until they fall open.
No. Seriously. That happened twice.
So, knitting at an average of 15-20 inches a day this past week, I FINALLY finish.
*Sob*
So here it is:
There it is in its natural state: on my coat rack.
The best shot I could get of its length.
Look at that. Gorgeous ^.^ And any wibbley-ness you see is just due to me not smoothing it down on the bed nicely.
So, basically, I apologize profusely for dropping off the face of the earth for the past half week or so, but I swear it was for a really good cause!
Oh, and once my Christmas cards go out, I'll post the picture here that the scarf was used in. ^.^ But I don't want to spoil the surprise for those of you on my card list.
(And in case anyone noticed: yes, my bedsheets are flamingos in Christmas get-up. I live in Florida, and those are my winter sheets. It...it makes sense.)
Gah!!!
Okay, but seriously, I have a really good reason for falling behind on all my updates and series'.
Three words.
Doctor. Who. Scarf.
I know, I know, I'm an awful person. I'm behind on Pray the Gay Away AND Gwil's Guide to Growing Up Torchwood.
But, you see, I've been knitting this Doctor Who scarf. You know: the Tom Baker one. And I was supposed to have it done in time for Christmas cards, which I needed to order by Monday (today) for various family reasons.
So I started knitting it like, a month or two ago. No problem: I'm a fast knitter, I get to catch up on Eastenders and the IT Crowd and Criminal Minds and all sorts of other lovely TV.
Then I figure out, about two feet from the end of scarf number one, that I've been reading the pattern wrong the whole time (I was one off, like when you fill in a scantron one off the whole time? Yeah. Grrrrrrrr....).
Damn it to fucking hell.
So I unravel the whole thing and take a few weeks off in a fit of depression.
Then I start back up again. Now I've got to speed-knit. I basically ruin my left index finger with all the wrapped yarn as I'm trying to keep the tension up, and my fingers/hands are so used to curling around my knitting needles that I find myself waking up in the middle of the night to searing hand pain and having to slowly uncurl them by pressing them against the mattress until they fall open.
No. Seriously. That happened twice.
So, knitting at an average of 15-20 inches a day this past week, I FINALLY finish.
*Sob*
So here it is:
There it is in its natural state: on my coat rack.
The best shot I could get of its length.
Tassels!! Which I've never done before, and were a welcome relief for my poor, crippled hands from all the knitting.
Moreover, the most amazing part of this whole thing is that I didn't drop a single. Fucking. Stitch.
I don't think I've ever gotten through a whole scarf without having to go back and fix a dropped stitch. I knitted this whole damn thing without dropping a one!!!
And, just to prove my knitting prowess, here's a close-up of the beautiful, tight, even stitching ^.^
Look at that. Gorgeous ^.^ And any wibbley-ness you see is just due to me not smoothing it down on the bed nicely.
So, basically, I apologize profusely for dropping off the face of the earth for the past half week or so, but I swear it was for a really good cause!
Oh, and once my Christmas cards go out, I'll post the picture here that the scarf was used in. ^.^ But I don't want to spoil the surprise for those of you on my card list.
(And in case anyone noticed: yes, my bedsheets are flamingos in Christmas get-up. I live in Florida, and those are my winter sheets. It...it makes sense.)
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Date: 2010-11-29 09:00 pm (UTC)Also reading glasses do not phase me, I am in fact legally blind without my contacts at 21, ah the joys of old age ^.^