Not a whole lot of interesting knitting going on here. I’ve been working on the shawl, which is very slow going considering how long each row takes.
See? Looks the same as last time, right?
I’m about halfway through the 1st chart repeat of Clue 5. Last night I decided I won’t do the second chart repeat as I think that will make it too big. I’m not a very tall or big person and this is already looking like it’s going to be huge. I have 8 rows plus the bind off left to do! Hoping I can get it done by this weekend.
Close up of Clue 5 so far.
This past weekend, I was getting kind of tired of the shawl, so I cast on Entrelac Socks (pattern by Eunny Jang).
Entrelac Socks
Just as quickly as they were started, they were frogged. Sadly I didn’t like how they were turning out and I was getting holes where you pick up stitches on each edge, so I frogged them. Plus, I really wasn’t enjoying knitting them at all! Matt helped me work up a design that I’m now charting out for these two colors, though, so you’ll see these two yarns together in a different pattern.
The sweater is still coming along. I have a few rows left of 1×1 ribbing on the second front piece. I’ve set it aside so I can finish the Secret Garden Shawl first. Still plenty of time to finish this in time for Rhinebeck, though. Soon as the shawl is done, this is going to be my primary project again. I’ve been spinning a little, but it’s been slow going, so no pictures of that right now (still looks the same as last time, just more of it).
This week I finally tried out EA Sports Active for Wii.
Me, finishing up a round of EA Sports Active.
Overall I like it a lot better then Wii Fit. I found that I should not, ever, do the run. My back was quite sore later and the next day. I knew I shouldn’t do it, but I didn’t realize it was in the set “30 day workout” program (it can be unchecked at the beginning of starting the routine each time, I didn’t look to see that there was a run portion, so I didn’t uncheck it). After it started, I couldn’t figure out a way to skip past it, which was kind of annoying. I like that you can use the Wii Balance Board with it. With the “30 day workout” program, you switch between doing balance board exercises and non-balance board exercises. This would probably be okay if this didn’t mean having to put my shoes on and off to do the balance board ones. You can set your own program and group those together (or not do them at all), so I’m not too worried about this in the future. Just a learning curve, I think! So far I really like it and I’m trying to stick with a every other day routine that will eventually get to an every day routine.
Recently, I’ve been seeing bees every day in the sedums on the side of the house. Yesterday I took this shot of two very large bees. Bees have been really fascinating me lately! Every day this week I’ve seen bees on the sedums and taken a picture. The flowers are starting to bloom in a vibrant pink! I love it!
Bees on the sedum.
It’s almost Friday! This week has been a long, hectic one. Tonight we’re going to go look at getting a new sofa. Tomorrow my sister is coming over to hang out, probably watch a movie, and make popcorn. This weekend we might do a game day thing, probably work on the house some, and finalize the details of the caterer for our housewarming (which will be October 3rd and be a housewarming/birthday party). Next few weekends will be busy, too! Lots of good stuff coming up, though, so it’ll be fun. 🙂
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Too bad the socks didn’t work out. I can’t wait to see what you come up with for those two colors!
I too want to see what you’ve come up with for the socks! As for entrelac – Yucko! 😉
Those are big bees! Loving the pink colors of the sedum too. So pretty.
And can I just say that if I tried that Wii thing I would have to lie down for an hour afterwards? Or maybe take a nice nap! hee hee
Keep chugging on the shawl. It will be gorgeous once it’s finished!
The shawl looks beautiful. I love the yarn. Too bad about the entrelac socks. I think it looks really cool, but I wondered how hard it was to actually knit them.
I love the Wii Active, although you’d never know it because I haven’t done it in a while 😦 I don’t have the Wii Fit, so I don’t have to do the shoes on/shoes off thing. I did go out and buy my own resistance bands, though, after a few times doing the workouts. The one that comes with it is just too flimsy for most excercises.
You can skip a particular excerise while you’re in it. I think you hit the ‘+’ button and you get an option to skip it, restart it, and a bunch of others.
My Active game shipped today. yay! We can almost do the 30 day challenge together. I’ll have to watch out for the running and stuff. The whole reason I want something customizable is so I can avoid anything “jumpy” as I live on a second floor.