More boy's state hockey and some knitting

They won again, after 4, count 'em 4, overtimes!! Minnetonka won their semi-final game against Hill-Murray at about 12:20am today! Now they gotta play Edina in the Championship game tonight.

Here is a pic of the guy who shot the winning goal in sudden-death overtime, Eric Baskin. Okay, he's at the bottom of the pile somewhere. (Pic copyright Sheri Schuldt.)

So I tried to bring my knitting to the games on Thursday, but as I said, not much knitting was accomplished. I did a bit better watching the game on TV last night.

I chose to work on my Hanne Falkenberg kit, the Lastrada. It's straight garter stitch with stripes, so I figured it was "safe" to work on. I had to concentrate on not getting my stitches too tight as the game got more and more exciting, tho!

I'm pretty disappointed in this kit, actually. I don't know if there's something lost in the translation or what. The colors really DON'T match the description of them--the color they call "Mustard" is kind of a greeny-gold, and the color they call "Curry" is a mustardy-yellow. I could only figure them out by the quantity of yarn in the kit. There is a picture, too, but that doesn't even show the same stripe pattern, much less the right colors. The picture shows the main color to be a rust color, but the "Rust" they provide in the kit only comes with less than half a ball of yarn, so I assume that can't be the main color.

Finally, the picture shows the main color large stripe to start, then a two-row short stripe, then a different color. Fine. But the written instructions clearly say to do 17 rows of Color A (easy), then two rows of Color B (fine), then begin the chart, which begins with 6 rows of Color B. See the problem? How does the skinny stripe get in the picture, if the skinny stripe and the next color are the same? That makes--drumroll please--a large stripe of the same color! I have read, and re-read this, and I can't puzzle it out, so I decided to just blindly follow the chart. I will end up with a sweater, one way or another.

Other items actively on my needles include the Heart to Heart scarf by Sivia Harding. I LOVE this pattern. It is just challenging enough, makes a gorgeous project, uses very little yarn, and will make a lovely gift for lots of people on my Christmas list. (See, I can plan ahead!)

I am also making a Multnomah shawl, my second one. That's good work knitting--a simple lace pattern row every four rows.  Here's pic of the first one I finished, in Silk Garden Sock yarn.  I love it!

Off to the Xcel Center to cheer on Tonka! I'm not going to bother bringing knitting today!!