The White Mass is Done

You may have been wondering why I haven't been posting much lately. It is a fair enough question and I do have an explanation. Remember the flower wall hanging, the one I call the wall flower? (How could you forget it, I mention it a lot.)

What nearly 18,000 stitches look like

Well I finished the white background. It is made up of (90 stitches X 30 rows) + (120 stitches X 126 rows) or 17,820 stitches. (I believe I unrepresented the number the last time I calculated it.) It is knit solely with the stockinette stitch which is knit one row, purl the next, then knit a row, followed by a purl row for 240 rows (I am grinning as I write this because it is now finished!) Frankly this is a rather boring task for an average type of knitter like me, but it had to be done.

Next I start the duplicate stitch in black to form the flower. It too will take a bit of time to complete so perhaps it will be another relatively quiet week.

Tena, on the other hand, has been ticking right along with her "girly" Gramps sweater. I love, love, love this particular colour combination of candy coloured variegated yarn with the bright raspberry. Tena had to change out the button because the ones I purchased for her for this project were too small. Instead she found these two-tone beauties. (No kidding with this photo, the sweater is completely finished.)

Tena's Female Gramps with new buttons

I'll close with another shot off my deck. Tonight just before sunset, this striking rainbow came out for about 30 minutes. As those of us living on the West Coast get to enjoy sights like this, we think of all the folks on the East Coast as you suffer through Hurricane Sandy.

5:30 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012

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