Can't Think of One...
I can report that Pineapple Circular Shawl was given to Mother-To-Be and was apparently very well received. I am told PCS will be accompanying Baby home from hospital and I think that's a very nice gesture.
Onto my Show dilemma, I figured if I could just get this first project finished and done well, I would enter it in and then work on some other things but I am having such trouble with it! I have frogged a lot, for more 'minor' reasons than I usually would because I would like it to be as perfect as I can make it. The yarn is very difficult to undo and I feel if I tug at it just a bit too hard, it'll break - and when it snags, I do have to be fairly brutal. As a result, when I undid two rows to correct a mistake (a missed treble), you can imagine my disgust when I re-crocheted one row and realised that while I had corrected the first mistake, I immediately made a new one. I left it in. I couldn't face undoing it all over again. This is why I am just not cut out for competitions.
I do have some time to decide a few things and I will put at least one item in, just to try and see how I go. I am perfectly content with not winning but I think I will put a price on the item and if anyone wants to buy it, they can...and the price will reflect the cost of the yarn and the amount of time I have put into it, so if anyone wants to buy it, they can pay for the privelege. I think that's fair. If they don't want my items, I am happy to take them home again and give them as gifts or keep them for myself.
I would have said that I am not very competitive at all, but that's not true. I just tend not to do things which are competitive but, when I do, I like to win - who doesn't? I love playing cards, for example (and particularly so with K because I win 49 out of 50 games - which is, sadly, mostly due to K's lack of skill rather than being due to any super skills of my own) but really, I enjoy playing cards regardless of who wins or loses and I have that attitude (for enjoyment rather than results) for this as well.
The last package for my SP11 Spoilee is going in the mail this morning, I hope she gets it by Friday and likes what's in it - I think she will (for both).
Second Sock seems to be a bit smaller than First Sock, I wonder if this is because I am not trying it on as much as First Sock? I have done the same number of rows and I wouldn't think my tension would change so much between the two but who knows? First Sock fits my right foot slightly better than it fits my left foot so a slightly smaller Second Sock should fit left foot slightly better than First Sock. I will work on Second Sock a bit more tonight.
Onto my Show dilemma, I figured if I could just get this first project finished and done well, I would enter it in and then work on some other things but I am having such trouble with it! I have frogged a lot, for more 'minor' reasons than I usually would because I would like it to be as perfect as I can make it. The yarn is very difficult to undo and I feel if I tug at it just a bit too hard, it'll break - and when it snags, I do have to be fairly brutal. As a result, when I undid two rows to correct a mistake (a missed treble), you can imagine my disgust when I re-crocheted one row and realised that while I had corrected the first mistake, I immediately made a new one. I left it in. I couldn't face undoing it all over again. This is why I am just not cut out for competitions.
I do have some time to decide a few things and I will put at least one item in, just to try and see how I go. I am perfectly content with not winning but I think I will put a price on the item and if anyone wants to buy it, they can...and the price will reflect the cost of the yarn and the amount of time I have put into it, so if anyone wants to buy it, they can pay for the privelege. I think that's fair. If they don't want my items, I am happy to take them home again and give them as gifts or keep them for myself.
I would have said that I am not very competitive at all, but that's not true. I just tend not to do things which are competitive but, when I do, I like to win - who doesn't? I love playing cards, for example (and particularly so with K because I win 49 out of 50 games - which is, sadly, mostly due to K's lack of skill rather than being due to any super skills of my own) but really, I enjoy playing cards regardless of who wins or loses and I have that attitude (for enjoyment rather than results) for this as well.
The last package for my SP11 Spoilee is going in the mail this morning, I hope she gets it by Friday and likes what's in it - I think she will (for both).
Second Sock seems to be a bit smaller than First Sock, I wonder if this is because I am not trying it on as much as First Sock? I have done the same number of rows and I wouldn't think my tension would change so much between the two but who knows? First Sock fits my right foot slightly better than it fits my left foot so a slightly smaller Second Sock should fit left foot slightly better than First Sock. I will work on Second Sock a bit more tonight.
Labels: Easter Show, Pineapple Circular Shawl, Socks, SP11
posted by Michelle at 5:50 AM
1 Comments:
One of the great things about Sydney Royal is the judges often write a report about your work and give you some tips about what you could try to work around something that may not be quite right. the judge last year on my bronze shawl that won asecond wrote me some really useful comments about laying a strand of the yarn along the edge when you are crocheting back into the side of your work.
Dont be afraid to enter into shows!!!
Manda
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