Shalini's Sewing Space

Castles in the air Floss Toss on SMF Garden Princess The picture is not showing all the colors accurately. The orange looks red, eggplant looks black. Coming up with the colors took longer than last time for Garden Grows. This time the designers have already included some colors -- blues, greens, neutrals. It seemed like anything I was including in the blue family was clashing with the existing colors. I did include a blue, I think it works. I reserve the right to change my mind as I see them in action. I decided to use a crystal for the center - 8mm top drilled clear heart. DMC Floss Designer chosen- 807 - Peacock Blue 3765 - Peacock Blue V Dark 3799 - Peacock Blue Light 610 - Drab Brown Dark 3046 - Yellow Beige Medium 3045 - Yellow Beige Dark 310 - Black 3072 - Beaver Grey V Light 317 - Pewter Grey White My Choice 3345 - Dark Green 3347 - Medium Green 3348 - Pale Green 742 - Floral 1 - Yellow 743 - Floral 2 - Pale Yellow 223 - Floral 3 - Lt. Mauve 3842 - Floral 4 - Prussian Blue 150

Socks Finished, Socks Started Socks for Girish Stitch = Decorative Rib Work with multiples of 4 Row1: K1b *P3 K1b Row2: K1b *P1 K1 K1b Quick Scarf Stash Report - I love KnitPicks

Posting from Philly I'm here on training for 2 days. I forgot my laptop charger and have to share my co-worker's during the training. Thank goodness for him! So this will be very quick because now I'm back at the hotel - no charger. I miss DH and Mehul so much!! Can't wait to go back home. Sock#2 is coming along great. I should try to finish it in these 2 days because there's nothing else to do here when I'm back at the hotel. I have about 4" of the foot left to do. I ordered a bunch of yarn from KnitPicks the other day. It should be there by the time I return. Yay! I won't have time for sightseeing or visiting any needlework stores. We drive back tomorrow afternoon.

Sock #1 of first pair Started March 2nd - Finished March 8th - It has been a very busy weekend. I had a major deployment starting Friday - March 6. Things went relatively well and we were out of the office at 11PM. Then on Saturday began the testing (UAT). That could have gone smoother but we survived. Done at 7PM. Today we had a family over for tea and chit chat. Between all the deployment worries I had forgotten about DST. We had to set the clock one hour ahead hence losing an hour. I'm so not ready for tomorrow. Apart from the sock knitting, I made 2 types of pickles. I hope they turn out well, it is my first time trying one of them. That one is Lime, Ginger and Green chilly. Spicy and super yummy. The smell had me drooling LOL. This will take a month to get ready to eat. The other one is a mix vegetable pickle that my grandma used to make and I adore - it has carrots, cauliflower, turnips & radish, and it is made in vinegar along with other spices. This one should be ready

Knitting finish I tried a Tam. Don't think M will wear it but I wanted to try it. It came out better than I had expected. Seed Stitch Scarf Today it snowed heavily. We got out and took pictures. I shoveled for a few minutes too. Took a few new pictures of M as it had been a while.