1,000

I am so glad I ignored my to-do list yesterday & didn't write today's Fascinating Friday post in advance.

1,000 Twitter Followers

Why, you ask?  Because this morning, I woke up to find I had reached 1,000 Twitter Followers.  In my hermit like introverted world, it's a big deal.  Or at least it is to me.  To celebrate, I jumped around with the dogs, (why do things like this never happen when another human is home??) and gave them a rare, early morning Scooby snack.  And to celebrate with you, I'm offering a coupon code (JGKTHANKSYOU) for 10% off anything in my Etsy shop.

As for knitting news,

Pebble Beach

Thanks to Karen at Pumpkin Sunrise, I started a Pebble Beach Shawl last night.

And yes, I put in a life line on row 25.  Another first and exciting thing for me to report on Fascinating Friday.  I rarely knit lace without wishing I'd used a life line, but I just never think to put one in until the dreaded disaster has already been made and it's too late.  But my vision is still a little off and apparently, I'm getting smarter in my old age.

Anyway, I'd seen the Pebble Beach shawl Karen is knitting and fell in love with the color.  And since I like her yarn color, I must like the pattern too, right?  I'm knitting mine with Marine Heather Palette that's been in the stash pile for a while.  The pattern provides instructions for three different sizes (I'm knitting a medium) and seems to be well written & is quite easy to follow.  While I normally prefer charted patterns, this one is written out line by line which turns out to be a nice feature.  Each line of instructions is followed by a stitch count so there's no math involved when determining if your stitch count is accurate.  And, my favorite feature - the pattern tells you that you've reached the 5, 10, 15, 20%.... completion points.  I've never seen a pattern do that before but it's a super nice feature when knitting a large, solid color beast that grows in width with each row of knitting.  Granted, I haven't even reached the 5% mark yet & I've already put in a life line so I may be cursing those little percent completed numbers at some point but for now, I'm excited to be coming up on the 5% done mark.