Glowing Colors: Panel Two - fini.
So, it doesn't look like I will make my self-imposed deadline of finishing this by the end of March. Once again, I put it down for an extended period, and once again, when I picked it up, I was kicking myself because it is such an easy, fast knit. Three quarters of the second panel was knitted/finished while watching Michael Clayton a couple of nights ago (loved! - that scene in the end, in the ballroom? - it's worth the entire movie!) (sorry. tangent.)
With this second panel, I tried to stop the sides from curling by knitting the first stitch of the purl side, but it didn't seem to help at all. I don't know if it's worth continuing with the third panel, especially since they will be pieced together in the end, and this is a bulky acrylic yarn that won't block.
I'm sure I could finish this in the next two days if I just rented a bunch of movies and sat on the couch, but I'm way too impatient to sit around knitting all day. Of course, I fantasize about days like that, but the reality is, I'd be jumping up every 15 minutes to do something. The curse of craft ADD!
In the meanwhile, I've almost got our Spring Break trip all planned. We are heading north next week - a night in Pismo Beach, a night in Santa Cruz (and hopefully, we will begin our exploration of colleges on the way - I can't believe we are looking at college in the near future! Yikes! When did I get this old?) and then two nights in San Francisco - which I can't wait for! It's been years since we were there with the kids, and now that they are older, I'm planning much different sites to see; ones that Scott and I will be able to enjoy and appreciate, and hopefully they will too. The two big boys are interested in Film School and Architecture - I hope SF wows their socks off. It does mine.
Of course, all this travel talk lends the big question: what will I bring to knit?
Sounds like afun road trip. I could spend all day knitting in front of a pile of rented DVDs as long as I had enough projects to bounce between and my family left me in peace. Oh and the house would have to be clean, my ToDo list down at least under 20 things, and laundry done......
Posted by: Krissy | March 26, 2008 at 02:03 PM
Sounds like a great trip! I love SF and Santa Cruz. There's not much in Pismo. The knitting is coming along.
~elaine~
Posted by: Elaine L. | March 26, 2008 at 08:09 PM
Will you be visiting Art Fibers in SF?
Posted by: Emily | March 27, 2008 at 04:11 AM
i loved michael clayton, too. a lot.
your knitting is looking great - maybe take the other panel along?
Posted by: erin | March 27, 2008 at 08:31 AM
What a fun trip. I can't wait to hear about it. Oy, colleges. That's next for us. If you visit U of SF, let me know.
Posted by: Shari | March 27, 2008 at 08:35 AM
Ah you were so close! I have not been checking your blog - so sorry! I live 20 minutes South of San Francisco. Hope you had a great trip!
Posted by: Jamie R Lentzner | March 31, 2008 at 02:27 PM
Hi please keep the rug going. All you will need to do is add a very fine border of either garter or moss stitch to go right around [of maybe 2 or 3 stitches and then you slip stitch or my favourite weave the border to the finished throw. The weight of the seam will help it keep its shape and it doesn't take long. You can avoid the problem by moss or garter stitching a few stitches on the outer edges of the throw as you knit. You may still be able to do that if you use those two strips in the centre of the throw...depending how big it will be. Hope this has not been covered before..if so ignore! Also a petersham ribbon stitched around might work or better yet a border of ultra suede stitched around it.Thinking out loud, good luck.
Posted by: magikquilter | April 02, 2008 at 05:17 PM