22% done on PI Shawl.......but we have a problem...

Today has been cold, rainy and just yucky. A perfect day to have a fire in the fireplace and stay in my fleece pajamas and knit! And that's just how the day went. (And, for shame, we didn't even go to Mass today!!! But my insomnia is killing me and I didn't get to sleep until after 3:00am)

Anyway, here are pics of the shawl. My problem is that right near the middle 1 of the plies of yarn seems to have broken....leaving only 1 ply holding that YO together!!! ACK!!! What if that breaks??? What do I do? How do I fix it???????

15% done with PI Shawl!!

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I've been working on it quite a bit and it's going GREAT!!! I love it. I love knitting lace. I'm addicted. The Harmony Needles that Jim got me are BEYOND wonderful.....they are truly a dream to work with!!!!!

I have it stretched over the Kitty PI to show the detail.

Knitting Bags Galore!!!!

Here are SOME of my knitting bags that I have acquired in the search for The Perfect Knitting Bag.
Maybe someday I will find it!

Hung Over Knitting...

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That's about all it's been today. I turned the wrong way yesterday morning and my neck muscle went into a spasm. I iced it right away, but we were heading out the door for Jim's appointment, so I didn't get to ice it for as long as I wanted to.
I took Flexeril last night but still woke up hurting like heck! And not only hurting, but hung over too. That Flexeril gets me every time!
But I thought I was doing well because I woke up at 0730HRS and that would get me back on track to getting my days and nights straightened out. No such luck. Around 0900HRS I started to get really tired.....I couldn't even keep knitting, so Jim came in with me and we were both out like a light. I remember him getting up sometime.....but barely. Then I woke up and it was almost 1330HRS!!!!!!

I just spent the day working on my shawl. The book for the shawl came today.....along with the Fingerhut order, so now we have phones!!!!!!
I am on row 33 and 2.9% done with the shawl (gotta love Excel!!!).

Harmony Needles, EZ's PI Shawl, and Colons

Jim had his colonoscopy today and it came out perfect. We are so glad.

I got a little knitting done there....I made it all the way up to my 3rd increase row when they called me back.

We came home and I did the increase row and then transfered the st over to the NEW HARMONY NEEDLES THAT ARRIVED TODAY!!!!!!!! OMG What a difference!!! I was using the Balene circs and it was awful because of the join. It's really not a BAD lump on the join, but it's a lot bigger than the Hairy Thread that I"m using for this project, so I would have to put each individual stitch over the join as I went along.

Tomorrow's first row with be starting Chart A!!!!!!!

This is how much I had done by the time we left the hospital

My new Knit Picks Harmony Wood needles. They are a DREAM to work with!!!!!!!

Off to bed.....and ready for Chart A!

I'm a GRANDMA!!!!

I'm too tired to type everything all out again, so here the text of the post I made to the Lone Star State Knitters Yahoo Group:

Last night I *FINALLY* started to CO EZ's PI Shawl from "The Best Of
Knitter's Magazine: Shawls and Scarves" Little did I know that I was
cast on right at the time DIL was starting to get contractions!!!! DS
called me a while later to let me know that tonight (last night) was a
possibility. I did the shower thing and got all my stuff ready to
go....LOL....it's been packed for a couple of weeks..........but I
never packed a bag when *I* was preg.....I always did that while I was
in labor.
Right after that I got "The Call" and we drove up to Temple (about 35
miles) and sat and waited. They wouldn't let us go back in the room,
but I had munchies, 2 knitting projects, water, a word search book and
my toothbrush.....I was ready for the long haul!!!
Then DS and DIL came out and said that they told her to walk some more
as she was only 1cm dialated. They went walking and got something to
eat and we went to the Yarn Sale in the new Michael's in Temple.
(alas, no stash enhancement).
DS then called and said that they went back to the hospital and they
were going to let her stay....but not admit her. I guess because of
the drive. They gave her a shot of Morphine and an Ambien. We knew
she'd be out like a light with that, so we drove home.
I was still fired up....so I worked on the PI Shawl some more and then
got ***THE CALL*** "Uh.....Mom, Sarah felt like she had to go to the
bathroom and then she saw like this sac-thing bulging out...I'm not
sure what that means, but you'd better get up here."
Well, I knew darned well what that meant and I threw DH out of bed and
we drove back up to Temple.
About 20 minutes after we got there she had a 8lb 9oz baby girl named
Cecelia Lux Jackson,

SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christopher called me earlier today telling me that there have been some contractions here and there. "The Shower Call" is what I told him. So I took a quick shower and gathered stuff up to be ready IF they ended up going. About an hour later, he called with The Call and off they went. I got up there and sat with...actually next to Lucy and waited. Shortly after Jim and Rich showed up Chris came out and said that it was early labor and that she was to walk around. They walked a little and then got something to eat. We went to the new Michael's and then Chris called us there. They were letting her spend the night there but she wasn't admitted. Just for a place to sleep. They gave her a shot of morphine and an Ambien, so that little girl should be out of it for awhile. I so hope this goes quick and easy for her!!!!!