Turbo charged!

You are "turbo" charged.
Fast moving and classy, you get things done with
power and grace. Your expensive tastes can be
deceiving, since what you really value is
quality and efficiency. As you're careening
around those corners in life, finishing a dozen
knitted objects each month, stop and smell the
roses. Don't miss the beauty of process!


What kind of knitting needles are you?
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That's me, all right -- just look at that sidebar.

My camera seems to be hanging out in a sorting facility in Ohio. I bet it could have been here today, but I'll have to wait for it until Monday. DHL doesn't give as many updates as UPS on their tracking page. My camera last checked in yesterday morning so I hope it's not lost there! I'm ready to take some pictures! (And settle in with a pot of tea and the 140-page manual.)

I have been knitting to ease the longing. Mist and the test sock are my commuting knitting, so Mist has seen a little more progress. I should be nearing the shoulder shaping on that one. I got through the gusset on the sock so I just need to work down the foot (9").

I've done about a third of a repeat on the baby sweater. I think it will be very cute. I need to pay more attention when working the wrong side because I've had to fix mistakes in almost every row. I've been disappointed to find the superwash a little too slippery to do the cables without a cable needle, but some of them are doable before the stitches run down. This makes it a little tedious, but I'm moving along. I'm not sure that I can finish it by my deadline because of the lingerie, but if I have to mail it later, that will be ok.

I've made good progress on the lingerie, but there's an awful lot of finishing to do. I finished the cups on Mondayish and blocked the pieces over the past couple days (I need more pins). Last night I chain-stiched around the top edge of both cups and then tried to puzzle out the instruction for aligning them for attachment -- "overlap cups by 1/2" and sew to body." I'm not sure what the overlap part means, but I think I figured enough out between holding it together and checking the picture. I'll try to do that sewing tonight. The next step is to make a casing for lingerie elastic along the entire top of the body (XXX for 31"), so that will take some time. Then I'll thread the elastic in and secure it, put on the buttons, and try it on so that I can measure for the straps. Then I just have to crochet the straps and I'm done! I have two weeks. I think I can do it. But I don't think I'll make much progress on anything else.

I'm going to a stiching group tonight, have the day free tomorrow, and will go to Knitsmiths on Sunday, so I have a lot of opportunity to make progress on something... Pictures on Monday... I hope!