monday at the desk in...

rotl

found it interesting how many say it's hard to do this stitch

I hope the video I linked to

 helps you try it again

or for the first time

this is what is called

brainless work once you have it figured out

not that you have to be brainless to do it

no no no

it's so easy, you can do it without thinking about it

!!!

:)

Nilla

is making one too

only hers is much prettier as the yarn is mohair and the colours deeper

and she's making the knots much smaller

 I saw hers after I had seen some somewhere

probably on Ravelry

and the variegated yarn she is using sparked the thought I should make one

I only had that one ball, which is why I had to go back and get a second

(I am continuing with another yarn I have

you'll see it down a bit on the page)

while I was re-organizing

the organization

of the organizing

I came across the embroidery I had bought a while ago

I saw a pillow on someones blog

and as it was in the first days of my blog hopping I was pretty shy about asking where she had got it

but I asked and was told she found it on e-bay  :(

(it's an old old piece from Avon of all places and it's.......from 1974!!!!

reminded me of the things I used to make when I was a mere child)

!!!!!

so when I heard that I gave up thinking I would ever have it

and then

and then

while looking through Etsy one day

THERE was the pillow

unfinished, still in it's bag

in perfect condition

and she wanted $20 for it

I gave her the $20 and when it came I put it away

and two years later or more now

it's on the desk and I've done a couple of squares

and I'm not using the nasty old "wool"

I using some lovely

new DMC thread

for being an oldie

the fabric is in amazingly good shape

and using the thread makes it

less

old looking

above is an example of what happens when you do it in the evening

and can't see that you changed colour

but I may just leave it

flowers do do that sometimes

change colour mid way!!!

and it shows that I am not a mere child anymore!!!

the eyesight is getting as old as the piece!!!

after I posted yesterday

I started on the other shawl

sat outside with it for a while

the weather is being so well behaved these days

cool and rainy and sun shiny with pretty white clouds floating overhead

so I just sat and hooked

until the bloody mowers and chain saws and leaf blowers

started up

men and their noisy toys

and no it wasn't the hubs

it was all the other hubs

!!!!

so I came back inside

cooked dinner

and just kept hooking

all evening long

because it's brainless

and easy and fun

and

so am I!!!!

"pull up loop

yo

 pull through lp, sc in back strand of long lp"

I'll finish it today as I have little else to do

it's raining again

the house is still presentable

it's too early to care about dinner

so I'll be here hooking

sewing when the wrist gets tired

and hoping those in the

path of the flood waters

are sensible  enough to get out of the way

and know that

plastic and duct tape aren't going to keep you safe and dry!!!!

?????

have a good day all

I'll "see" you soon.....

:)