Life's a Stitch

Isn’t that what they say about bad luck? The first night after my knee injury, during the two hours of sleep I managed to get, I had a dream about breaking two mirrors. I figured I was in for 14 years of bad luck or seven years of really really bad luck.

So this past week I had the migraine from hell, the knee thing and now I have received a letter from the mammogram clinic that I had a bad mammogram and need two further tests, scheduled for April 4th. Thank goodness for mammograms, as nasty as they are. Mine clearly showed something abnormal even though neither my dr or I can feel a thing. So, that makes three pieces of dubious health news, quite enough for me.

Just at the right moment this week, as this trilogy of bad luck comes to a close, I received two wonderful surprises in the mail. Not one, but two RAOKS!  A lollipop and a magnetic calendar designed especially for RAOKing from Alison, and stitch markers and a note pad with b-day greetings from Renee. Thank you, I think your timing is amazing.

I have made a major decision regarding my Charlotte’s Web shawl. I’m at row 154, technically the officially end of the project. I had already made the decision to increase it by another set of 16 rows, but in taking a closer look have decided to go for 32 more! A glutton for punishment I am, as I feel ready to have it done. I just know, though, that I’ll like it a whole lot better in a slightly larger size. I have the yarn so all it will take is time. I’ve found that a Charlotte in one colourway requires three skeins of Koigu, plus an additional skein for the fringe; one less than required for the multicoloured shawl. I think it’s quite economical for a hand painted project.

Here are a couple of pictures from Banff, one of the conference centre, one of the view:

Have a wonderful Easter weekend, I’ll be back after the long weekend.