My Elizabeth Zimmerman books arrived today. I am converted. I had a quick flick through Knitting without tears and a better look at the Almanac. I love her wit and humour, I quite 'get' it and understand where she is coming from. The anticipated mist of 'what is she on about?' has not descended. I am itching to read properly and cast on. The July Shawls have caught my eye. No surpirse there! I read a few paged on the Theory of Pi when making shawls. I understand this. I can see massive potential in making or designing shawls applying this theory. There may be a few gaps in the designing of lace for me at the moment. But what a challenge. And it isn't insurmountable. I'll let it rumble around my head for a while, till the time is right.
I have carried on with the TSJ, the rows are getting pleasantly shorter. I have a feeling that this will be how short the rows actually get. That doesn't daunt me. I am excited in seeing the construction of the garment and how the change, in gauge or required size, effects it. I have all these wonderful ideas of what I want to make, and nowhere near the time to knit (and ocassionally crochet) them. Let alone think about designing things. It will happen though!
I was going to leave you with an EZ quote (and there will be plenty of them coming!). I picked up the Almanac, opened the pages where I had been reading, and I want to quote many lines. I shall give you just a short one to begin with:
'Knit on with confidence and hope, through all crisis'.
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