Ice Queen

I have three balls of Kid Silk Haze that my friend bought and comissioned me to make a shawl/scarf for her with.

That was 2 months ago.

I filled the gap by making her a Firework/Christmas scarf using Noro and funky fur (it's brilliant, if I do say so myself, and looks like the woolly embodiment of fireworks), however she is beginning to ask again where the "pretty thing made of the soft wool" is. I haven't begun it, and time is ticking away.

Well, to sayd i haven't done it is a fib - i have made many versions of different scarves. I made a third of the Party Scarf from Magknits, half a ball's worth of Kiri, I had a mad stab at creating something myself, but nothing looked right. Bearing in mind that the three balls have now each been frogged from three projects, and I don't need to tell you how much fun that was, the yarn itself was beginning to argue.

And then I saw this on the Winter Knitty http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTicequeen.html

It's perfect and lovely and completely terrifying.
"Russian Join"?, two different casts on and off? 300 Beads!?

I read and understood the pattern, i just need to take the leap and make it. And buy 300 beads - obviously.

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It's a shame about the Golden Globes, and about awards season in general in the US. I am a huge fan of American TV series and think that 80% of the time, they blow UK TV out the water in production, acting but most of all writing (see 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Dirty Rotten Money), so I'm behind the writers strike 100%. But i will miss seeing the redcarpet monstrosities and looking at the Lovely George in a tux. It's one of the higlights of the year!

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More people should watch Hollyoaks, and that's all I have to say on that!