Beady-Beady-Beady

With apologies to Tweaky, I've been in a last minute scramble to find just the right bead for my Knitting Olympics Lace and Bead event. Beadworks has seen quite a lot of the virtual me in the past 3 weeks. In any case, two additional colors landed on my doorstep last night: a purple-bluish and a shiny goldie brownish. Surprisingly (to me at least), the shiny goldie brownish won based on size, color and the ability to stand out from the yarn without clashing.


Other preparations include the purchase of size 5 straights instead of using the Addi circulars. Since there are yarn-overs and I'll have to manage a bead and a hook at the same time, I decided that straights would keep things more manageable in the long run. I have the capacity to be wrong. We shall see. If I find I need to change tools, then so be it!

I've also pushed the swift and ballwinder into action, having readied two hanks of the Alpaca Cloud. No need to be slowed down by poor time management, lack of experience AND the need to wind yarn. Needless to say, Nikita and Sylvia were less than enthralled by this flurry of activity. After watching the swift go round a few dozen times, Nik tucked his feet underneath himself and took a nap. Sylvia was right behind him.