Llyr's Daughter

Blue

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I entered two things in the county fair this year: Lady Eleanor, and a pair of plain toe-up socks.
Both won blue ribbons. I am quite astonished.
Don't get me wrong; I am as pleased as punch about it. But I have no doubt that if, say, Kim, or Terby, or, well, pretty much any blogger I read** were to compete, I wouldn't be quite so blue.
(As always, click on the picture to make it bigger)

* That's a terrible representation of the color; the picture here is much better.
** I should probably edit that list of blogs over there, hmmm?

Knitter Type

Remember how a year, or two (or more) ago, people were talking about whether they were process knitters or product* knitters?

Well, I had a talk today, so I needed some mindless knitting. Last night, I tried to make my heel so as to have just stockinette. I finished it up, and realized that the foot was too small. I had to rip it all out.

Now, I realize that all knitters are annoyed when they have to rip something out. But I wasn't surprised or disappointed in myself for getting it wrong; I wasn't testing it often enough. No, I just wanted that hour & half back, so I could go to bed earlier.

I think I'm a product knitter.

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* Does anyone remember the word actually used?

** This is not going to be a very tall sock; hopefully it'll be warm enough.

Lady Eleanor

For those of you who have been reading for a while, you may recall that I am quite fond of Lady Eleanor from Scarf Style. Why, I even bought the yarn and finally started it.
Well, she's gotten quite big.

She's gone from the 12 rows of squares in that last linked entry to 42.
I'm getting close to the end, and I am thinking about possibly putting on the fringe. Why? well, I was thinking about the county fair coming up this summer; wouldn't she make a lovely entry?

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I wrote this a month ago. Since then, I've finished her off, (discovered why I have so many more rows than the pattern does -- I bet you know why that is), washed & blocked her, and submitted her to the fair. 

Want to know how I did? 

Come back soon & see!