Thankful
I blocked my shawl, folded in half on my blocking board, just like last time. I’m so glad I thought of this! It saves space and even doubled-up, it doesn’t take much more time than a single layer. But since it fits on the board without going over the edges, I can then stand up the blocking board–handy since I don’t have the floor space for it.
It came out just lovely, though. As always, I am awed by the magic of blocking lace.
Here’s a photo of my finished merino/silk yarn, skeined, washed, and dried. Pretty stuff.
Chappy was very excited on Thanksgiving, because his breed showed up on the national dog show for the very first time. Welcome, Boykin Spaniels! The dog in the show seemed pretty nervous and didn’t do as professional job as one might hope, but he was adorable (as Boykins are) and got a nice round of applause. Chappy was very chuffed.
Healthwise, he’s doing fine. We should be able to drop the prednisone dosage again this week, so fingers crossed that his numbers continue to do well!
And–yay for me. I told you that I’d been saving for a new spinning wheel but that his vet bills had pretty much eaten that fund? Well, in a practically unprecedented move, my office decided to give Christmas bonuses this year. (Seriously, in the almost-20 years I’ve worked there, I’ve gotten two or three bonuses at most.) So I decided there was no excuse NOT to take the plunge, and ordered it on Wednesday. It should be here in a couple days. I can’t wait.
I hope everyone had a great weekend–extra long, here in the US. We had the family here on Thursday. Chappy got three helpings of turkey. (My goal for the day was to get him FULL, something he claims isn’t possible.) I finished my sweater and just need to sew on buttons. I organized my crafting closet a little better. We went to the movies for the first time (for me) in months–and saw Tangled, which was GREAT fun. I loved it.
And I’ll end with this–a photo of the sunste we had the other night. It was so pretty!
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Pretty yarn, pretty shawl, pretty sunset! So which wheel did you get??
I am thankful for the great blocking idea. I would never have thought to do that, but it will also mean that both sides are exaclty the same (sometimes I haven’t been able to get them perfect). And you are absolutely right, when it comes to lace, it won’t really take any extra time.
Happy Thanksgiving….I saw the Boyken Spaniel and although he was cute, he was no match for the Chapter boy.
Horatio was routing for him tho. I hope you had a nice holiday. Say Hi to mom and dad
Talk to you soon.
i’m such a dork, never thought of doubling it up but how perfect when blocking!