Great News!

Great news ahead!

After buckling down and forcing myself to work on it, I hit the half way mark on the Puzzle Wrap yesterday. Suddenly I feel a whole lot better about it.

I have actually done all of those points since that picture. A few people asked me why I didn't just frog it and be done with it.
I had a few reasons. First off, I'm a bit stubborn like that. Maybe more than a bit.
Second, the Filatura Di Crosa Superior is a bit fuzzy, and doesn't frog easily. If something is driving me mad, and I'm not happy with it, and it's not going to frog well, I've been known to just toss it out. But the Superior is pretty expensive, and the yarn itself is as soft as clouds. I don't want to throw it out.
The finished stole itself is so pretty, too. And pretty cleverly constructed.

The stole is cast on in the middle, with a provisional cast on. You knit the first half, finishing with those diamonds. Which are technically not cast off, just reduced until there is only one stitch remaining. Then you pick up the stitches at the provisional cast on and work the other half.
At the end, you have a stole that is pretty, and has no cast on or cast off edge! Pretty clever, huh?

It's also been entered into the Easter Show, and I don't really have time to knit something else. So it's on with the Puzzle Wrap.

When I wasn't knitting this weekend, I was sewing sequins onto Em's newest tap costume, and then last night I sat down and played with wire and beads until I came up with a headpiece for the new costume.

Once the whole costume is finished, I'll show it to you all. I'm on a deadline for that, too. Due in two or three weeks!

No Twinkie photo today, but Squeak is obsessed. With his bell.

He's spending several hours a day trying to kill it. When he's not doing that, he's holding it close, snuggling up to it, and whispering sweet nothings.

Giving us endless hours of amusement!