Shawl for Grandma

This thing absolutely flew off the needles!

Pattern: Dandy Kerchief
Yarn: Caron Country (I had slightly less than 2 skeins, I just knit the shawl until I ran out of yarn!)

I am hoping to get out to Arizona to visit my grandparents and other family this year (at least for my cousin's wedding in November) and I really wanted something nice to give to my grandma! Last time I gave her something it was a ballband dishcloth (I had a brief addiction to those), but this time I wanted something a bit more complex and wearable. This scarf/shawl fit the bill!

Oh also...

I finished my shawl in time for the wedding... it was a bit of a help against those october chilly winds!!!!

Blocking for a Fee

Today I dropped off the shawl at the home of the nicest little old lady. She is going to block my shawl for me for a modest fee. This is probably the best thing I could have discovered... thanks to the shop owners at Knitting Off Broadway for reccomending her! I get to pick up the shawl Friday and see its magical transformation.

So yes, I will be wearing a personally handknit shawl at my wedding this Saturday! WOW! Never would have thought I would say that sentence!!!!

Also, ZOMG IM GETTING MARRIED THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ta da!

10-21-08....11:45pm..

cast OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope...

So the other day I stumbled upon a knitter's blog, and as i was scrolling down, reading her past posts, I noticed she had completed the shawl that I am currently working on. I thought that was pretty cool and read/studied intensly the post and the pictures that she posted. Check it out on her blog here: Team Knit.

Anyway, what sparked my interest is this: I loved the size of her shawl. It was exactly what size I want mine to be! Up until this point, I was unsure how many pattern repeats I would want to do. The pattern as written, if knitted to the creator's specs, would be something like a 6 foot wide shawl... in other words, HUGE. I am looking for something more of a shoulder warmer, not an afghan!

Anyway, I looked at the picture of her holding the shawl out behind her back... and noticed i could count the "leaves" along the center spine. She had like 12 leaves! I thought, surely I am at least HALFWAY there, no? So I got my shawl out and counted my leaves... i had 8.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you know what this means???

I MIGHT have it DONE for the WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you imagine? Me, in my dress (in 2 weeks, eek) with a handknit lacy white shawl???? *sigh*



It is all very exciting... I just had to share. I shared with Cynthia almost immediately because we are both at the same point in our shawls (we are knitting them together)... so we were both almost giddy with the potential to have the shawls done SOON!

I'd post more pics, but it doesn't look like much... not until blocking :-)

So yeah, my wedding is 2 weeks from today. I can hardly believe it... it is the oddest thing in the world to think about. I was never one of those little girls who planned out their wedding or dreamed about it. In fact, when my fiance popped the question and I told people at work the next day I was engaged, they immediately asked when the date was. Like I had any idea! Needless to say it has been quite a year. I don't even know where the time went! It FLEW by. I am even a year older this week (26!) and it doesn't feel like it should have happened.... my poor fiance had some trouble giving me a birthday present, which is his own fault... (if you don't know, he gave me an engagement ring on my birthday last year). :-) He will never top that birthday!

Also, I am loving my new home, but good LORD there is a lot of trees and a lot of raking! Good think I love fall!!!!!!

I hope the next year goes a bit slower so I can enjoy it!!!!!

Hope everyone else has a nice relaxing weekend.

More squares...

I have another square nearing completion for Jesmy's grandpa's blanket!



I call it "waves" but its actually "ripple stitch" or something from my Treaury of Knitting Patterns (barbara walker)

Woot! I also have worked on my shawl, ill try to get a pic up later! it would be bigger if i would stop making mistakes and have to rip back LACEWEIGHT yarn. Blech!

Dishcloths!

Cynthia and I finished our dishcloths for charity, and we got some dish soap to include with the cloths for a nice present for some needy person!!!!

We even got matching ribbon to make it all pretty:


Nice, eh? I hope someone enjoys them!

Not much to show for the shawl, although the other day Cynthia and I each knit 6 whole rows in an hour! Thats a pretty good lace shawl speed, if I do say so myself! :-)

Have a great friday!!! TGIF!!!!!!!!

Bad Blogger

... that I am. I have been a busy girl these days, since I moved to a new house! It is so much fun but also there is so much to do! :-)

Me and my DF on the stoop of the new house!


I love it though... so much ROOM! Yes... yes... I even have a knitting room. YAY! (at least until I start having kids, then it will probably have to be a playroom or something)

I have done a few knitting things in the meantime....

Knitted a baby hoodie for a friend's baby,... i'd show you a picture but that would mean I would have to find the hoodie, and who the heck knows what box or what room THAT is in.... eeek...

Almost finished a red dishcloth, I am knitting dishcloths with designated knitter to give to a charity drive at work!


Pattern is "eLoomanator's Diagonal Knit Dishcloth" found the PDF on Ravelry.

AND.... (drumroll please).....


the shawl has progress! Woot!


See the "leaves"?

It is very tiny yarn... sometimes I can barely feel myself knitting with it, but it is strangely fun! Designated knitter is making hers in a beautiful red color. Our knitting speeds are pretty evenly matched too, so it is a lot of fun at lunchtime at work to go in the conference room with her and knit on our shawls. It is awfully quiet in there though, haha... we have to concentrate so we dont miss a yarnover! :)

Anyway I will try to post again soon.. now that things are a bit more settled! Hope everyone had a great weekend... I will just leave you with a picture of me, my fiance, and our 2 super adorable nephews that we got to visit....


love those boys!

Ut oh...

What is that???? Laceweight yarn??? LACEWEIGHT?!?!?!!!!!!!???

What have I gotten myself into now.... heh heh heh. Perhaps... some sort of lacy shawl?!?!!!!

Don't worry, I am making DesignatedKnitter knit it with me (so she can be my tech support) :-D

Stay tuned... I may even be knitting from a CHART! Dun dun dun!!! Horror!!!! lol