The amazing expanding box is en route. I'm following its tracking number closely - is there a UPS code for "exploded in transit", I wonder?
Today, a co-worker asked me for help on a sweater she's knitting. It's the first one she's ever done, and she was having trouble with the directions. Definitely not her fault, since they weren't particularly clear. The best part was when I pulled the work off the needles and ripped. Her eyes got huge, and she just gasped :) I didn't care for the pattern, though. The neckline stitches were all bound off, even though there is going to be a collar. Why not leave the back neck stitches live? Ick.
Last night, I picked up all the provisional cast on stitches on the wimple, and I'm making progress on that edge now. It's a bit tedious, but it makes such a difference in the finished edges to knit on the border. I also no longer do a one-to-one match when knitting off the edge stitches because I find that ruffles. Instead I knit off 5 to 4, or in this case 6 to 5 because it fits the pattern repeat.
And ooh - yesterday I got an email from
Webs with a silk closeout that will go in the next mailing. I ordered four cones of the 80% silk/20% linen blend, which will be great for weaving or lace knitting. Since I'm in the same UPS zone as Webs, I might have it tomorrow.