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All good things…

By Holly | November 16, 2007

So, I started knitting Mystery Stole 3/Swan Lake on a whim. Wanted to try a big lace project so how better to do that than with a design I know nothing about? I didn’t know what the hell I was going to do with the completed project as I am not a lace wearer, but whatever, I was in. Late, I was in late, but I got moving. Then the theme was released and I put it away. I knew what it was and what it was going to look like so my sense of urgency was gone…Eh, I’ll finish it in a minute. Fast forward to Halloween - btw, Mr. and I married that day but that’s a whole ‘nother tale. Big Mama mentions that she is going to go up to see Grandma for her birthday. She’s going to be 88 years old. That’s pretty old. I had mentioned some weeks earlier that I would like to get the stole done to send to Grandma for Christmas. Ancient ladies, especially Grandmas who crochet, love the lace and how could she resist it coming from her grandchild? So anyway, Halloween Big Mama says “Hey! You think ‘the stole’ could be done for Grandma’s birthday on 11.17?” Sure, sure I say, no problemo. Note: I’d had a couple of Boddington’s at that point and was slathering myself in blood to go out trick-or-treating and trying to come to grips with the fact that I was now a married woman and trying not to feel like I had sold out and been pigeon-holed. So life went on and the stole sat a little more. This past weekend I picked it up and got to knitting. At some point I went bonkers and saw a minor error - a stitch sitting funny - and tried to drop down to fix it. Well, with all those yarn overs things became nasty, forcing me to rip back to the beginning of the wing. This was Sunday night around midnight. That left me three days to do four charts and get the thing blocked. Well. I didn’t make it for hand delivery to Grandma, but I did make it in time to get that fucker to FedEx this morning for Saturday delivery. Hollay fucking rocks! Man, finishing that project was awesome! It blocked out really well thanks to my new blocking kit. I picked that up over at the Needle Nook. Arlene piped up on Ravelry - I’m Hollywould over there, btw - that they did have kits available thus saving my sanity. Woo! Pics: