Notices by Violinknitter (violinknitter@wandering.shop)

Kids put up with a LOT from adults

In case anyone was wondering how the Celestarium shawl is coming along:

It is blue. It has sparkles. It has several lifelines and soooo many stitch markers. I’m happy with it, but there’s soooo much of it left to knit

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Last round of increases complete, and last set of charts begun! I’m nearly finished!

(Dear reader, she is nowhere near finished. She’s just delusional, and we shall leave her to her happy obliviousness.)

Pattern: Celestarium by Audrey Nicklin

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I don’t know how other people knit this pattern, but one thing I for sure am not doing is ceaselessly counting while knitting

At the beginning of the round, I insert locking stitch markers where each YO or bead should go, and then knit merrily away without needing to count at all while I work

Also, I can obsessively count & recount while placing the stitch markers, instead of reknitting for fear I missed something #Knitting #FiberArts

Celestarium update:

Still blue. Still beaded. Still going to take approximately 6,789 months to finish

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Round 120 of 156

The thing I truly love about long projects like this is the ability to just sink into the present moment

I’m making blue stitches, I’m occasionally placing a bead, and I know I will be doing these two things for probably the next month to three months

It becomes what feels like a timeless activity. Click, click, click, bead, click click click

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Round 136 of 156

About 12k stitches to go before I start the border

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Today I discovered a star was left out of the night sky, so Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

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And the stars are back in alignment! Pic one is post-fix, but showing the reknit stitches wonkily sized because of the fix. Pic two shows the stitches looking a bit better after I readjusted tension between loops.

(I’m not sure the difference looks like much to anyone but me, but I like the adjustment)

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This may not look different than all my other pictures of the Celestarium shawl, but it is. That’s the beginning of the first round after completing ALL the charts

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There are a number of different edgings people have used for this shawl. I think the original garter stitch edging is just a bit too plain, but I love the double row of simple beaded lace knitsoftwear on Ravelry did for her shawl, so that’s what I’ll be doing, too!

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What’s this??? How can this be??? We have finally reached… the edging??? Incroyable!!!

I’m not even a quarter of the way around yet, but it’s so satisfying to see it slowly come off the needles
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11 days later, and she is finally done!!!

Washing and blocking will happen another time. Maybe tomorrow if I get the motivation, but probably next weekend

But soon I will be wearing the night sky around my shoulders 🥹 #Knitting #FiberArts

Finally blocking Celestarium

I thought about grabbing something to measure from the center out so that everything is super even, but then I decided to eyeball it instead. TBH most of the time it’s gonna be bunched up around my neck or folded around my shoulders, so a perfect circle isn’t necessary. And I can always aim for more perfection when I wash & reblock it a few years from now

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This goes out to Carol

Ok, this is a fabulous celebration of #BlackHistory Month! Wick’d Confections on TikTok & YouTube is doing a series on Lost Black American recipes. These are cakes that used to be widely made but have nearly disappeared

The recipes, the history, the editing, these videos are a joy!

https://youtube.com/shorts/16tldPmV_dU

It’s Large Boulder the size of a Small Boulder day! 🪨

I mean, it’s a good book

Yes, this!

Every once in a while I remember how, when the first Peter Jackson LotR movie came out, Friend 1 went with other friends (“friends”?) to go see the movie.

They’d read the books. Friend 1 had not.

They did not warn Friend 1.

Friend 1 had the lungs of a professional opera singer.

When the credits started to roll, Friend 1 let out a “Nooooo!!!!” loud enough to be heard in the next theater over.