I Made It ......

..... it feels like I was running a race & almost reaching the finishing line - I was holding my breath when I was casting off the last few stitches & there was barely 20 cm of yarn..... I DID IT ! This is all the yarn that is left .....

Thanks to all of you who have been keeping your fingers crossed for me in this big event & I know that all the knitty wishes really helped. On top of that, I also found more yarn from Knitabulous (through Michelle), who generously offered to sent the yarn over. Thanks so much for all your generosity !

I was so happy that I managed to finish the border as it had taken me 1 whole week ! I had to cut off a portion of the cast-on tail to graft the 2 ends of the border. It took me another 2 hours to re-align the stitches, dropped some stitches, pick them up, & attempted to (took me 3 tries) graft them together. I was really tired & grouchy when I finished the grafting & to make matters worse, I made a big, big, big, mistake .....

..... I did the grafting on the wrong side of the shawl & now there is a seam on the right side. I almost cried when I saw what I have done & there's hardly anymore yarn to re-do it. I also did not have the energy to re-do it. I guess I have to live with this hugh mistake (and hope no one notice) as I don't want to rip out the grafting after all those attempts. I was so disappointed as I really enjoyed knitting this shawl & the pattern is easy. So that's it for my Pi Shawl, it still looks so lovely & it's hugh. It's about 60 ins or 152 cm across the diameter & it's not blocked ..... now I will have to block it when I find the energy to do it as this drama had been very tiring & all I want to do is to cast on a new project & be rejuvenated .....

I have also finished the 1st of my Casbah socks in my own cable design of. I decided to use a simple cable for this sock as some ladies in my knitting circle have been wanting to learn to knit cables. The cables have turned out quite nicely & I really like the way the pair of cables goes up the leg ....
.... I have cast on the 2nd sock & feeling more refreshed now, also started another sock - the Olympian Socks . I just love socks & really missed knitting them for the last week as I was concentrating on finishing the Pi Shawl.