and I tinked...and I tinked...and I tinked some more...

And so the Swalltail Shawl goes...I have meditatively tinked over 1000 stitches - which really is only about 4 rows near the end of the pattern, and thankfully half of those were plain ole purl stitches. Never so glad to meet a purl stitch before. The valuable lesson is "use lifelines", use them liberally, use them more than you think you should. See I had been using them until I past the "hard part"! ugh. Frustrating to screw up once you think you are past the hard part - but this was a great lesson. And the yarn is Port by Yarntini - can't wait to get this shawl finished to truly illustrate the rich and delicious color. It has been a pleasure. By week's end perhaps? Or better yet, I don't think I'll talk about it until I am done. No more self-fulfilling prophecies here.

I did felt my Booga today and people, I love it - I should keep it:) I really like my KMKS pal though, we have written a bit of e-mail - she is totally worth the cute factor of this bag combined with the mitten pattern/ yarn shopping dilemmas! She is a fellow sock knitter with loads of enthusiam. I hope she loves this darling bag 1/2 as much as me. I'll post pictures once it is off the shoe box and actually a little purse. The best part was I knit from my stash - woo hoo!! But will I have to get more Noro #95 for my own Booga? I read today that BoogaJ plans to create a pattern for a larger Booga - I'll be stalking for that - it could be like cuteness x 10! (i'm a sucker)
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Lastly, my reward for tinking my ass off...I got some new yarn from Fearless Fiber after reading about it at Toward the Blue Pennisula's blog. She was right - the yarn is awesome - the In the Pink worsted is destined to be a Bejeweled scarf...so I'll be winding that later. Like how I gave myself a reward for tinking my screw up? Gotta love it