squirelawrence

and then I shall be dangerous!

About three-quarters of the way through my first attempt to knit the Lady Eleanor entrelac stole, I finally figured out how to knit backwards, thereby limiting the number of times I had to turn the work by about half.  It would've been considerably more than that, except that I couldn't figure out how to slip with yarn in back and purl two together backwards, which meant I still had to do all the odd-numbered tiers turning all the time. 

Just cast on my second attempt, and I've finally figured it out!  \o/  Now all I need to do from the wrong-side is to pick up and purl - and eventually I may figure that out too!  Next, spinning!

But after some 60 rounds of entrelac (so not quite 4000 turns), I've finally figured out how to knit backwards!  Woot!  Still a little slow, but still faster and easier than having to turn the entire piece every 8 stitches. 

On other craft fronts, my Golding drop spindle showed up, and I've started my first forays into spinning yarn.  Also goes slow, but I think in time this will be a great deal of fun.