so many things, too little time! -- project purple shawl

ok so the reading comes to a stop, and the wedding planning has waned a little. everything comes to a standstill till i finish knitting my darn shawl!

so i took up a basic knitting class and have been going to it faithfully every monday morning. basic my arse. it seems everyone else has at least enough knitting skills to enter a contest. in just the first lesson we were taught to knit a shawl using a pair of needles. I was still struggling to learn what 上针 and下针 meant ( i think it means knit and purl, no?) while everyone was busy clickety-clacking away. it really doesn't help when the grandmother of a teacher speaks in half putonghua and half shanghainese the whole time. Whaaa? Can you repeat that?

so the second lesson came around, and everyone proceeded to learn how to CROCHET a hat! halp! what happened to knitting? shawl? i have only been knitting squares! how do you connect them into a shawl? oh i did it all wrong? thanks.

by the third lesson, i was petrified. everyone took out their equipment and started knitting a sleeveless vest with four needles, no less. *remember to breathe* i looked helplessly at the teacher and we both agreed that i should finish the shawl before we progressed any further. 

but... i will NOT quit. i am convinced there is a conspiracy to oust me from the knitting class because i stick out like a sore thumb. i will at least finish this shawl even if it kills me. i am actually quite proud of it, the wool progresses in different shades of purple. it's turning out to look quite quirky. i will post a picture of it when i am done. 

time-- waste not. i am back to my knitting.