happenings

Spring Shawl swatch is complete:

   

I'm in love. Ahhhhh. I ordered the yarn this morning - Merino Lace in Violet - for Spring Shawl so I should be able to start knitting in a bit over a week. Can't wait for it to get here. I also ordered the remaining Merino Lace for Mediterranean Shawl (cranberry) and some for Amy so she can make a Ruffly Peacock Feather Shawl in Deep Blue. I came so close to ordering the Wedding Ring Shawl it's not even funny. But it would have been around $77 for the pattern and yarn so I abstained. Too much other stuff to knit right now and even if it is a limited pattern, I couldn't justify the cost at this time. Drat this adult budget crap.

Speaking of Fiddlesticks, if you haven't seen Dorothy's new pattern - Paisley Long Shawl - you must go check it out because it is fabulous! It has Zephyr fringe! Does it get any better than that! With two major projects to knit, I'm not thinking much beyond that, but I will definitely knit the Paisley Shawl. Patterns don't get any better than Dorothy's.

While eagerly waiting for the Spring Shawl yarn, I had to start something else:

   

I have developed quite a stash of turquoise yarn and have yet to knit a project from it, so this will be my first. It's the Print 'o the Wave Stole from Heirloom Knitting (is anyone surprised?) in Merino Lace (again, gasp of surprise). We'll see how quickly it goes and if it gets abandoned when Spring Shawl yarn arrives. The big questions that keep you coming back. I know.

killerpeach.net should be returning in the next few days if the support people are being honest with me, and I have no reason to believe otherwise. That means that my pictures should come back, a thing that will make me happy, indeed. Ironically, did you notice that I posted 4 times last week, the most I've posted since I've been back, and my main website has been down so most people haven't been reading? Interesting...

Comments

[Cordelia]

Oh, oh, oh!!! Tease! New lace shawls, and pretty yarn (that has absolutely horrible color resolution on my monitor) and gorgeous swatches...
The swatch is really, incredibly beautiful.
And I want the Wedding Ring one too, just because of the limitedness. I'm such a sucker!

[Amy]

Now that you so kindly ordered the yarn I get to start asking every day "is it here yet", right?

How large did the swatch turn out?

Amy

[Alison]

Lovely stuff; violet will be pretty. I've been thinking about the Wedding Ring Shawl as well. Absolutely lovely. Too much to knit, too little time.

And I totally agree about the adult budget. With me, it's "do I buy this or do my kids go to college". :)

[jody]

so *that's* what the turquoise was for! how is it knit? are you doing the lower edge and then knitting up? i can't quite figure it out based on the pattern pic.

ps - you had me clicking around for a half hour on fiddlesticks and heirloom knitting's sites, damnit. i stayed strong but i was seriously tempted!

[JessaLu]

So pretty! :o))

[Dorothy]

You are a killer, Peach! Or at least ambitious. Wow! You have some beautiful lace projects going. I had not seen Dorothy's new pattern - my oh my! Too bad I've spent my yarn budget through June!