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At the top of the WIP list:

I nearly forgot about it - my attempt at getting a Level 1 certification through the Knitting Guild of America's Master Hand Knitting Program!! I am signed up for Sarah's knitalong on this. It starts (officially) on January 5, but since I'm going on vacation in a couple of weeks, I thought it might be good to get a bit of a head start.

I got out all the paperwork last night and had a go at the first swatch. All you have to do is cast on 20 stitches and do 2 1/2 inches of K2 P2 ribbing, increase 5 stitches across the last row, then do 4 inches of garter stitch. Easy, right? Well, my edge rows looked like crap. So I found some tips in some of my knitting books and will have another go at it tonight. From what I've read, the judges on these things are really picky, and besides - the whole reason I'm doing this is to improve my technique.

My buddy Lisa is talking about getting KnitAble on a Palm - something I've been meaning to do as a means of getting organized. That sounds like a good New Year's kind of thing to do, doesn't it?

So the big elegant projects might be put on hold for a bit while I tinker around with swatches and Palms.

Comments

You go girl! I'd like to hear more about the certification proceedure. I think the Knitable/Palm duo is a great idea and will join you in that venture. I like to be organized; and how handy will that be when standing in the LYS and needing to know what's in the stash back home? No more duplicate needle purchases!

Posted by: Lisa at January 2, 2004 04:25 PM