Row by Row

It's been a long time since I've knit something that required such attention to row count.  Wait, let me rephrase that.  It's been awhile since I've knit something where the row count is going to be greater than 25.  I got some knitting done while watching Love Happens this afternoon.  I didn't have high hopes for the movie (besides entertainment for knitting), but it turned out better than I expected.  It wasn't your typical sappy love story, but was deeper than that.  I spent the movie working on the Rose Lace Stole and I'm loving watching the yarn knit up in this stole.  The shades/gradients of yellow are absolutely stunning.

Rose Lace Stole in progress

I've also been working on designing my next shawl, but I'm having trouble making the stitch count line up right.  This new shawl is going to be a variation on my Chincoteague Shawl, but mainly I'm just drawing on one of the stitch patterns and improving it - if that makes sense! It has been frustrating though! Math has not been my friend, but I'm confident that I can figure it out.  I have some other ideas for shawls kicking around, so I might have to work on some of those and come back to this one.

I'm also looking to join to a KALs, which is something I haven't done before.  The one that I'm interested in joining is being done by Crafty Diversions and is going to be a shawl.  Another thing I'm going to attempt to participate in the 2nd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week.  I'm really looking forward this event!  Okay, now I must get back to figuring out my charts!