September 11, 2006
I WON!!

	I have never won anything (except a go-cart 30 years ago in a grocery store raffle) - but I was at Nona's Site at the right time on the right day and won one of her stash giveaways. It just arrived in the mail...... 3 beautiful, soft balls of Lana Grossa merino. The cost: One act of kindness....Already paid!

The Trellis Scarf continues....

I have completed close to 10 repeats of the lace pattern and it is beautiful . Those little 7 into 5 clusters are frustrating at times, but I have finally found the almost perfect needles - after several alternatives I have settled on Brittany Birch 3.5mm. The wood is just sticky enough to catch the slippery Alpaca Cloud and pull it through those K 7 tog stitches. The only improvement - of course - would be pointier tips! It is well worth the effort though - the little crossovers created with this stitch are beautiful.

The close-up is not really too good - Dave is stretching it out for me while I take the picture. I'll have to wait for the blocking to see the pattern well, but you can get the idea.
Oh - one more thing - I joined the I have 2 ideas for my mittens.