Finished shawl
It’s finished, even without Clive’s additional help.
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It’s actually prettier in person. I left off the fringe and the last repeat of the pattern because it was getting too long for my short-waisted, 5′ 3″ frame. It’s so very, very soft! (And non-woolish! Hurray!)
Triangle shawl
I was in a knitting frenzy this weekend. I’m trying to get some sort of wrap or shawl done to take with me to Ukraine (I leave on the 15th!) and the yarn for Clapotis definitely won’t be in enough in advance. I do, however, have three skeins of Lion Brand Homespun (hush with the “ewww!”, yarn snobs … I’m allergic to wool) that need to be out of my stash and into a project.
I didn’t like most of the poncho or capelet patterns that I could find, so I went looking for shawls instead. I found this triangle shawl pattern at the Lion Brand website. I think it will be without the fringe, thanks so much.
The progress thus far …
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A sweater for Darci, too
Also this weekend …
The little pink sweater — which I am now revealing as being for little Miss Darci … I was too anxious about how it would turn out to say anything before — is finished! Seams sewn, ends woven, and buttons attached.
Speaking of the buttons …
Trixie’s sweater
Trixie’s sweater is (almost) finished! The sleeves are done, the seams have been sewn, and the ends have been woven. All it needs now are some cute little buttons that are girly and will still fit the sweater’s look.
The perfectionist side of me doesn’t like how the stripes don’t match across the front, but that’s all you can expect when you’re knitting a sweater with sock yarn, right? I do like how the yarn patterned itself on the sleeves, so that’s nice.
Now I need to get moving on the sweater for Trixie’s twin brother Billy. These babies were born on September 23 and are still in the hospital, so knitting their baby gifts has involved extra prayer for their health tucked into each stitch.
