Another charity hat is finished and ready to donate. I'll have to look at the dwindling acrylic stash to see what color the next hat will be. This one is a nice dark blue.
Lavori 07/30 doily progress -- I'm almost DONE!!!!!! So exciting! I have two more rounds of knitting to go (a pattern round and an intermediate round) and then it'll be time to do the crochet cast-off. After that will come the challenge of finding a place (and the time) to block the doily, but I'll worry about that when I get there.
There are no further chart errors. I'll give a full run-down of chart errors along with a re-post and re-discussion of my hex-mesh charting fix as part of the final report once everything is blocked and beautiful.
I have approximately 2400-2500 stitches left to knit. That'll take a few hours, and the crochet cast-off will also take a few hours, and ditto for the blocking. I believe there's enough thread in the current ball of thread to get me to the end, and if not, then I'll unravel the filet crochet project that I cut off the previous ball of thread, and use that to finish the crochet cast-off. Dunno how long this will all take, but hopefully I'll be done before December, and if not, then before January.
It's been a big project for me -- nearly 7 months since I cast on, so far. There was about a 4-6 week period where little knitting got done because I hadn't yet committed to any specific rechart of the problematic hex mesh area, but other than that, I've made slow but steady progress.
So. That means I do have the stamina for large doily projects and no longer need to feel intimidated by the time commitment involved. There's at least one >300-round doily (or tablecloth) I've been eyeing as well as many that are in the 150-250 round range. Dunno what I'll do next. I'm still very focused on finishing this doily now that I'm so close to the end. I don't want to get too distracted.
There's not much else to report. The Miami Vice shawl is growing. The Appledore gansey is still sitting there, waiting for me to stop dithering about whether to do short-rows on the back or to contour the front neckline or both. I also need to figure out many inches I'll need to knit to get to the shoulders. Luckily, the intended recipient is around so I can take a few measurements and also try on the sweater when I get close.
I need more knitting projects, not counting the doilies. Maybe another cabled hat? Or toe-up socks with a self-patterning yarn? Or another cat bed?
I haven't done much spinning lately, nor warped up a new rigid heddle weaving project. There's a batch of Jacob/llama in my stash that's been tempting me lately. I've already spun a different batch of Jacob/llama that I bought at the same time from the same person (but different sheep and llamas, probably, given that the roving color is different). It made some very nice yarn. I'm looking forward to seeing how this stuff spins compared to that. But maybe I'll spin something else first.
And that's it for this post.
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