Day Fifty-Five

Day Fifty-Five knitting time...8 hours

Total knitting time...172 hours

Day Fifty-Four

Day Fifty-Four knitting time...4 hours

Total knitting time...164 hours

Day Fifty-Three

I spent most of yesterday dealing with family...my uncle's visitation.  Then the funeral was this morning.

Day Fifty-Three knitting time...1 hour

Total knitting time...160 hours

Day Fifty-Two

Spent the day watching the first season of "Downtown Abbey" and knitting.  Then started the first season of "Mad Men".

Day Fifty-Two knitting time...9 hours

Total knitting time...159 hours

Day Fifty-One

Hitting a milestone...

Day Fifty-One knitting time...7.5 hours

Total knitting time...150 hours!

Day Fifty

Day Fifty knitting time...4 hours

Total knitting time...142.5 hours

Day Forty-Nine

Day Forty-Nine knitting time...3 hours

Total knitting time...138.5 hours

Day Forty-Eight

Day Forty-Eight knitting time...2.5 hours

Total knitting time...135.5

Day Forty-Seven

Hopefully, things are settling down for a couple of weeks and I can concentrate on knitting.  I would love to finish the shawl before my trip to Louisiana in a few weeks.  That may not be a realistic goal, but I'll try.

Day Forty-Seven knitting time...7 hours

Total knitting time...133 hours

Day Forty-Six

Back home from Texas and finding a little more time for knitting...

Day Forty-six knitting time...2 hours

Total knitting time...126 hours

Day Forty-Five

I'm getting ready to take another break.  I'm going to Texas tomorrow to Jerry and Jenny's for Tai's first birthday.  I would love to take the shawl to work on, but they have three Weimeraners and the last time I took a knitting project, I came back from the bathroom to see the yarn trailing from the living room through the doggie door into the backyard.  They didn't do any damage, but I sure don't want to take a chance with this shawl.  Besides, I doubt that I will have any time to work on it.

It's time for some more pictures.  The first one is one whole corner.

The next one is a close-up of the wave edging.

Then there is the pineapple border.

And, finally, the leaf pattern for the center.  You can see the corner is shaping up nicely.  I wasn't sure that I would be able to make the center work the way I had it planned, but so far I think it is turning out nicely.

So far today I've worked about three hours on it.  I plan to work another hour before I quit, so I am going to say...

Day Forty-Five knitting time...4 hours

Total knitting time...124 hours

Day Forty-Four

Day Forty-Four knitting time...3.5 hours

Total knitting time...120 hours

Day Forty-Three

I haven't posted in a while because when I've had time to knit I've been working on samples for the center to help me choose the pattern.  I finally chose it yesterday.  I am using a leaf pattern.  Also, when I am unsure of what I am doing I have a tendency to procrastinate.

Day Forty-Three knitting time...2 hours

Total knitting time...116.5 hours