The Playground Shawl got some love this week. I was able to knit about an inch on it. I decided to name it the Playground Shawl, because it is a shawl I knit while the kids play. When I have to stop mid row I’ve been dropping down five stitches and changing those stitches to stockinette from garter. This leads to random lines that only I will be able to see. I like them because it will remind me how much knitting I get to do while the kids play. It also makes knitting a lace weight triangle slightly more interesting.
What are you knitting this week?
mildlygranola 
Your shawl sounds like a fun knit. It’s really beautiful yarn.
It must be nice taking the kids to do normal things. How are you doing? Has your stress level decreased a bit?
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My stress level is through the roof right now, we are in the process of selling our house and we need to find a new one. I’m hanging on by a thread, but I should be back to my normal level of anxiety in two months.
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Oh dear! I’m glad you have knitting to help you stay sane! Hope the timing works out for you with both finding a new house and selling yours.
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Good luck! I hope you find exactly the right home:)
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Your shawl is really turning out lovely 🙂 Great idea adding the lines of stockinette to keep it interesting 🙂 I’m so sorry you are having this house stress. It is no fun at all. However, at the end of it, you will find a perfect house – you’ll see!
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Clever idea. It’s a little like improv knitting.
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What a cool idea! It will be a great reminder of the good and bad of this time. Wishing you all the best with house hunting.
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I like your little baby shawl. And I think you should hunt for houses out by me. Missouri is basically the same.
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Maybe we should meet in the middle. That way our husbands commutes won’t be too bad.
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Okay, I’ll work on that. If they could just work from home forever, it would simplify matters!
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More like, what am I un-knitting! No comment.
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I’m understand how stressed you may be. We sold our house a few years ago in a busy market. We had never sold a home before. It was our first and we lived there for 32 years. Moving to another state, was very involved. We closed on both homes the same day. Nuts. I had no small children to manage and try to keep a clean house for showings. You will get past this soon. Try to be good to you. Extra good to you. Can anyone from family help you that is also staying safe during COVID? I love your shawl. I like that you are throwing in some stockinette!!! Big hugs
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Thank goodness my in-laws are close. They are watching the kids even in COVID times as they aren’t going anywhere and neither are we.
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That is such a neat thing to do! Reminds me of my temperature scarf from a few years ago and I still love looking at it.
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Just wondering if your children wear masks and gloves at the playground. Seems the cases are on the rise again. I’m actually thinking of starting a shawl, Tin Can Knits inspired me to use some yarn I bought and have been too afraid to use it because it was so expensive. I’m still working on the hounds tooth blanket and Knitting on the baby sweater which is going so fast that I’ll have that done in a few days.
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They aren’t wearing masks because we only play at the park if we are the only family there. We live within walking distance of four parks, so we can always find an empty park. I’m not having them wear gloves, as they would hinder climbing. We are using hand sanitizer when we leave. Your houndstooth blanket is beautiful.
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