Monday, March 29, 2010

Pride, Prejudice & Argus

So I finally started reading "Pride & Prejudice" this weekend. It was the first book I downloaded on my kindle nearly a year ago. Not sure why I was suddenly motivated to read it, other then the utter shame I feel when all my knitterly friends start discussing and I just sit there mutely or pretend to be digging through my knitting bag.

What's that you ask? Do I actually still knit? Smartasses. Just because I don't ever remember to share my knitting doesn't mean it isn't happening.

I've done THREE shawls so far this year. I have pics of two of them and sorta pics of the third (it is awaiting blocking -- maybe I'll do that tonight).

The first one was Argus from Wendy Johnson of WendyKnits. I knitted it out of Yarntopia Treasures WoolSilk yarn. The silk was more of a raw silk, so it should wear forever.  Sorry the blocking photo is so dark.  It was at night & with my cell phone, so ya know, you get what you get with that sort of thing.  It was my first time using the blocking wires.  I guess I didn't completely screw it up, because it looks pretty good now.

2 comments:

Shelley said...

lol...I swear its the knitters who finally got ME to read pride and prejudice as well!

Courtney said...

Oh Man I love Pride and Prejudice! I recommend watching the movie if you start getting a little confused! I first time around there were so many Miss Bennet's I couldn't figure out which one was doing this or that! hehe After the movie it worked much better for me! Love that book! Definitely one of my faves!
Nice Blog!