today's project

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Today was primarily dedicated to another long outstanding chainmail project. Yesterday while putting away the rings used for the purse I came across rings I'd already prep'd for the "lace" skirt I was making. Today I pulled out the rings and sat down to knit. In about two seconds I realized why I'd stopped in the first place. The pattern for the skirt is very open and with it sitting on your lap (or table) in a pile, you really can't see where you're supposed to put the next link. The rows get completely mixed up and the whole thing tends to turn upside down and inside out.

I got the idea to suspend it and work with it hanging. Since I couldn't get derien to stand still and twirl about on command for 8 hours I decided to use a photo lamp that I have. It worked out very well. I can raise it up so that the height of the bottom row stays right where I need it. Why didn't I think of this trick before?

The skirt is probably about half done now. Quite shortly I'll have to work out what happens with the next part of the pattern.

derien and I took a little walk around town to various used bookstores. We practiced moderation and only came home with about 6 small volumes. We need another bookshelf and perhaps somewhere to put it.