HALF WAY DONE

At almost 400 tiny stitches across each row

(about 20 minutes per row),

and ripping out so many rows that I made errors on,

I finally reached the half way point.

Woo Hoo!!!

Days 9, 11 & 12 brought in some wonderful forestry greens...

and then Day 13 thru me for a real loop with a very pale grey,

 but a pleasant surprise of a new tapestry needle.

Because I haven't blocked this half below, 

I had a really hard time laying it flat enough for it's photo.

But at least you can see how those greens worked in between the white and black which I loved.

And here you can also see the pale grey next to the white.

It's easier to see the difference in the photo then it is in person.

The very bottom is so sweet 

but in this pix it's hard to see the detail 

of the black bobbles along the edge. 

There was a real surprise for me at the bottom edge.

Amanda of Buku Yarns only had us bind off 1/2 of the 400 stitches.

The rest remain live on a cord to be knit together at the very end

 of the second half of the shawl.

Sounds pretty darn cool to me!

DAYS 10 & 11 ADVENT KNIT

I'm almost to the half way point on this shawl 

with 315 stitches across my needles.

Loving the way the black knit bobbles look

 giving the piece even more interest and dimension.

They are a pain to make, 

super time consuming

which of course slows me down even more.

Ha ha

And in this next white row I will be doing another round of them.

I'm also enjoying the pop of black and white check surrounded by that lovely darker green.

Day 11 (above) is a couple of shades of lighter greens 

mixed with a bit of yellow green.

Gorgeous colors.

Amanda Rios of Buku Knits in La Verne, Ca.,

 you are a genius with your dye pots!

Oh and Day 10 came with a bonus surprise,

the black and white check yarn surround for the white ball.

Love it!

ADVENT UPDATE

Well I'm really truckin' along now boy!

Ha ha

Only 42ish days behind.  :(

Here are Days 7, 

a gorgeous shade of dark turquoise,

Day 8,

a solid black

with day 7 knit up,

and Day 9.

I personally would never be brave enough to put this luscious dark green

with the turquoises,

but wait till you see it knit up in a couple of days.

It really works!

Bravo Amanda for choosing such bold colors together,

and then dyeing them up for us.

I think I'm currently knitting across almost 300 stitches in each row.  

I should time myself.

TIS THE SEASON WITH AN ADVENT KNIT

Ok, 

I know you are thinking,

doesn't she already have at least,

I don't know,

25 projects on her knitting needles?

Perhaps even 50ish?

Probably.

I've even finished 1 or 2 projects that I haven't posted yet.

I'm trying to get better about being more present here.

I know, I know, I always say that.

So anyways,

super excited about this new project

 put together by owner and designer of Buku Yarns in La Verne, Ca.,

Amanda Rios.

I picked up my basket of surprises a few days before December 1st,

hoping to get a head start.

But it turns out I'm much slower then the average participant in these things.

I want to blame it on my hearing loss.

Even though I finally broke down and got hearing aides a year ago,

I still find myself reading the closed caption

 on all my newsfeeds and Netflix shows 

which slows down my production time a lot!

Oh well,

I've got to do what I have to do.

It only took me five days to get through Day One,

ha ha!

Package One (top photo) not only came with this delicious subtle multi-shade of aqua and yellow greens,

but Amanda included a very sweet combo ruler and needle sizer

which I immediately hooked onto my knitting bag that goes everywhere with me.

Currently I'm supposed to be on Day 16,

but sadly it's Day 5 bag that I'm hoping to get to tonight.

Hoping to do a post everyday till I finish this gorgeous piece.