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February 23, 2018

From Susan — Ready, Set, Snow!

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 12:43 pm

We are in full Birkie prep mode and a lot of snow fell last evening!  It is a beautiful, snowy-white, sunny day!!  More expected tomorrow on race day (??!!).

Last evening I got a bee in my bonnet to fix a shawl that I made quite a while ago: Lehigh by Melanie Berg.   Beautiful shawl!

Mine turned out ginormous!  Ten feet wide!  It was like wearing a 10 foot boa constrictor around my neck – or body!  I loved the look of the shawl but it was TOO MUCH of a good thing!   So I decided to take off the top few inches.  The new width is 82 inches.  I did not keep the tassels on the ends as they were so heavy they felt like I was being pelted with baseballs!!!

It will go very well with my gray wool coat and many other things, so it is OUT OF THE CLOSET so to speak! 🙂

Wish us luck at the Birkie!  Last year it was cancelled due to no snow and this year there is a ton of new snow — be careful what you wish for, though this is 1000 times better!!

And you still have time to knit up a 2018 Winter Games Hat in time for the closing ceremonies on Sunday…and even if you don’t finish, it is a darn cute hat!!

4 Comments »

  1. Happy Birkie!!!! Good Luck!

    Comment by Needles — February 23, 2018 @ 2:12 pm

  2. How did you fix that shawl, Susan? Was a reknit or a partial frog back? The color is just beautiful on it.

    Comment by Samina — February 23, 2018 @ 3:41 pm

  3. John is an animal, congrats to him!!!!!

    Comment by Nora Cooke — February 24, 2018 @ 6:35 pm

  4. Hi Susan,

    Hope your husband had a good experience this year at the Birkie.

    I too am a Birkie skiier and wonder your opinion about yarn shops in the Hayward area. Any places that must be visited?

    thanks.

    Comment by nancy wagner — February 25, 2018 @ 4:07 pm

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