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Good morning!

My knitting this week is the same as last week and the week before that. However I've finished two Christmas stockings out of three total. On Mother's Day, I duplicate stitched the names on and -oh boy- did I have a time with that. Apparently I forgot how to duplicate stitch and even though I had the names charted out in front of me I continued to misspell names.  Gracious!

I have big plans to make another birch leaf shawl as soon as this pink shawl is finished. I love how the pattern is memorized and I just pick up and go go go. Since I'm busy with other 'life' stuff (who isn't) I need simplicity in my knitting.

What have you been working on this week?


Comments

  1. VeraMay 12, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    Those stockings are so cute! I've never really mastered duplicate stitch...whenever I try it looks bad - LOL. Good, easy knitting can be so meditative. Glad you are enjoying the shawl knitting, it sure is gorgeous.

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  2. BonnyMay 12, 2021 at 8:03 AM

    Your stockings look great, as does your shawl. I love that color, and hope we find out what that lovely yarn at the top will be.

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  3. AsKatKnitsMay 12, 2021 at 8:29 AM

    Those stockings are gorgeous! What a treasure they will be! (and yes to knitting for calm and sanity!)

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  4. LeftycrafterMay 12, 2021 at 10:12 AM

    Wow, the shawl looks like it has really grown. Are you doing asymmetrical or triangular? The stockings are very cute. They scream Christms.

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    1. karenMay 14, 2021 at 10:02 AM

      I'm doing the triangular shape and I hope I can block it width wise.

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  5. DeeMay 12, 2021 at 10:37 AM

    I think we've ALL had those days. I once stitched my initials on a sampler wrong. MY OWN INITIALS. Thankfully, I caught it BEFORE it went to the framer.

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  6. CathieJMay 12, 2021 at 12:35 PM

    Love those stockings and that shawl is beautiful. I haven't duplicate stitched in a long while, but I am carefully charting my son and future daughter-in-law's names on a sampler. I have had to unstitch names myself. Enjoy your knitting!

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  7. MarthaMay 12, 2021 at 2:24 PM

    The stockings are great Karen and of course you know how much I love the shawl. Happy knitting!

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  8. StefanieMay 12, 2021 at 3:49 PM

    I see skinny yarn ^__^.

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  9. affectioknitMay 12, 2021 at 3:52 PM

    Hi Karen,
    ...you're shawl is so pretty in pink...and I love love love Christmas stockings with names on...
    ~Have a lovely day!

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  10. JaneMay 12, 2021 at 8:26 PM

    I was just thinking the same thing about a shawl pattern. Sometimes it is just nice to knit without too much thinking. Duplicate stitch is tricky, at least for me. Your family will love those stockings. I cast on some mittens but am going to need another project on smaller needles with not such a tight gauge. I think a shawl will fit the bill. I I have tried three patterns with a lace weight yarn but none seem just right. Try try again.

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  11. Shirley-AnnMay 13, 2021 at 10:17 AM

    What adorable stockings! Your Birch Leaf Shawl looks gorgeous in pink :)

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  12. kathy bMay 13, 2021 at 5:12 PM

    Well your stockings are awesome. I wish I was a lace shawl knitter. This week, I am working on not crying over Zach . So I am knitting socks with some Mexican wool yarn that I got there. Makes me feel closer to him

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