Well here i am again, I have to look back on my photos and go oh yea and we did that too. August was lots of fun. The first week the Duchess arrived she showed off her stash that she procured in NY at School Products and I showed off several socks one pair finished. Koigu handpainted sock yarn and another on the needles. Sock yarn dyed by the Duchess, pattern from Interweave Socks, twisted cable.
This was done in the Queens courtyard (backyard). We also captured some photos of the King’s Mother, the Duchess and the Queen. Good Work camera, along with the shawl that the Duchess knit for the Queen Mother F. Beautiful isn’t it.
This little cake of yarn in my vacation yarn that the Duke and Duchess presented to me. I am rubbing my hands together deciding what it will become.
I am so proud of myself, finished JH sweater which included the sewing and weaving of at least a thousand ends and no one died. Therefore i am showing it off again as a finished project. 
We will throw in the Frisbee Kids because they think if you are outside you are there to throw the frisbee.
Archive for On the Needles
Knitting the Duchess & the Queen
Going through the Knitting Bags & Baskets
On the lighter side i have been organizing the stash and have found several projects that along with the lost needles that claimed to be in my inventory list. So now make copious notes about the needles used and the pattern location etc, file project with an estimated due done date or just rip the #@#* things out and put the yarn back in the stash and the needles back into inventory. All nice and neat with no headache because i have forgotten how many times i knitted and unknitted and RIPed and tried again. Ah a cup of tea and another skein of yarn back in the drawer to gaze at another day. Bliss!!
Then we have this little number who was evil from the beginning, after undoing the project over 15 times ( i probably shouldn’t admit that) and making the yarn a nice shade of dirty white (from my hands becoming sweaty with agitation during construction.) I slamed it into a basket and covered it with another basket and filled that basket with yarn. Today when i uncovered it i looked gleefully at it said take this, pulled the needles out of the live little evil stitches and pulled and pulled and pulled. I feel so much better. I also have another ball of slightly used yarn back in the drawer waiting to be chosen for another project. Humbled and compliant to the wishes on the Queen. This is a warning you yarn projects don’t cross the queen. Thank you that will be all for tonight.
