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So the camera is clicking and clicking.

Here is a pic of Pepi’s Hat, got the free pattern from KR itself !!!



This one is laid flat, the pompom needs to be added



Then here is G8 hat for mother and daughter, the pattern was in magknits earlier but now u can find hit here ( many patterns that were on magknits are here )

http://www.knotions.com/patterns/magknits/g8/directions.aspx



top view... came out real nice :)



and then here is Samus... i loved knitting it but am lazy sewing it together, more pic will come up as soon as it is all assembled




here is a close up of the left lower border... it really is wow



and finally the Lace Pi Shawl. ( link http://floryknits.com/fp-lacepi.html )

i had started it with a different yarn, and thankfully realized that it was a wrong choice as the yarn was a little bulky for a shawl. froged it and started again with light weight yarn, used to knit for infants.



i tried clicking it indoors but the results weren't good. I am not happy with the pic taken outside, but they are okay. Had to stuff a pillow inside to highlight the lace pattern.....



and here are the beads i have used. they are small ones, my first ever, no rather second bead work. I had made a cardigan with beads, and i had put all the beads on the yarn and then made the cardigan. In this shawl i am putting beads on individual stitches ( will put more pic on how i am doing this).

i had bought bigger beads, but went for smaller ones fearing the weight of the shawl would increase and wasn't sure if the color of beads would go. White, off white or pearly white goes with most of the things. ( for some reason .... unknow to me, the pic has come rotated )



there are few changes i have made to the pattern. i shall not be making it as long as the pattern in the charts suggest. at present i am on row 152 ( chart 4 ) and from here i shall jump to row 170 and end the shawl ( sooner ). Reason being.... i have enough yarn for this length and didn't want to frog later if i fall short of yarn (had bought it on sale so its difficult to get more in same shade and lot ).

and i also plan to put beads on the lace border... lets see how many and how frequent.


i feel i am now addicted to beads, and now i am also looking to put beads in my next project, for which i have selected the pattern and fished out yarn form my stash.

I shall be posting more pictures of this shawl soon, a day or two. and the progress of the lace border i would knit.

please do leave a comment and / suggestions for my inspiration and improvement of the blog. i still am new to blogging and there are many features i dont know. would love to use them :))

well today i picked up my notebook and finally decided to restart my blogging. i have decided to bolg atleast once a week may be on weekends as it is easy to stay up late in night.

i have been knitting and gardening a lot.... lately. all my plants are potted and now as winter is coming i have lots of saplings for flowering plants. trying to grow herbs too.... lets see how it goes. Last year i started gardening and had lots of disappointments as the seeds didnt grow as i wanted them to...

well i completed "The lovely lace shawl " as seen here

http://old.canadianliving.com/CanadianLiving/client/en/Today/DetailGlossary.asp?IdSection=15019&bApercu=1

and here are pictures of my work. I had started it sometime in April 2007 but it got postpone and was left with the stash. I picked it up again sometime in late 2007 may be october , dont remember now ( its almost a year ) but did have a deadline to finish this. My husband's cousion got married in Jan this year and i finished it couple of days before the functons of the marriage started and then had to block it well in time to wear it at the "sagan" a function few days before marriage when all the relatives get together and the girl side bring offical invition to the boy's side.


here it is unblocked




all pinned up



top part, it didnt come out straight, but i loved it any way



the Picot lace was beautiful, all the ladies, ( even the ones who know knitting) thought that i had crocheted it.




the compliments were many and i cant wait to wear it all over again this winter.

At present I am knitting Lace Pi Shawl, (addicted to shawls!!!)

http://floryknits.com/fp-lacepi.html

i am at the 145th row and am planning to make it a smaller one. firstly i want to finish this asap, also i have enough wool to finish it if i skip chart 4 last section. will click snaps today and post them soon. I have also added beads to the shawl and now i am addicted to beading too. went to the wholesale market to buy beads and i my head was spinning wanted them all, its like buying yarn, you want it all. but money and space and most of all time to use them keeps your had tied. i keep thinking... after i have made theose 3-4 projects i will buy this and that.

i have so much clicking to do, samus is done... finally. sewing together is left..


and also 2 caps for kids.

All this i should thank my kids ..... i was taking them for caligraphy classes and had to wait for the class to finish. best thing to do is knit, even though it was summer. Now i am planning to decrease the size of my stash. till next year i shall not buy yarn ( hope so .... very difficult thing to do .... i know )