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The on and offs:
Well Mystic Lights is done, block and dried. It was an amazing transformation. I cautiously removed the shawl from its pins last night and to my amazement it still looks the same. I think in some ways I was expecting it would all coil back on itself, reverting back to the mess I had seen when I first cast off. But no it didn’t. It still looks beautiful. (Big sigh of relief)

The socks, oh those socks, the socks are DONE!!!! I finished those up but it almost was a tragedy. While I went to shower my dog decided to take out her frustration on the weather, or maybe it’s the lack of dog walking, on my knitting. She demolished the size two needles…with the socks on them. I had gotten all the way to the toe decrease too. Well after yelling at the dog and nearly crying. I sat down and pulled back the row picking up each stitch as I went. It was saved. Thank god…for the dog’s life that is.

What’s next?
I’ve balled up the Ranco in preparation and have chosen one of the wide border scarf patterns from the Victoria Lace Today book . Then I cast on and it’s going much faster then Mystic Lights. I also am having a much easier time with the knitting. I feel like I can finally read my knitting and understand the pattern.