Ok, here they are, the promised FO's. I finished the second of two Forest Canopy shawls for a wedding we went to yesterday. The other was a Christmas gift. I will have to find that pic to share. Here is the wedding one:
And here are my Jaywalker socks. They turned out so nice. I finally finished a pair of socks!! Yay me!!!
More to come, just an update with pics just so you could see.
Be back this weekend with updates and pictures. Stay tuned, jaywalkers, forest canopy shawl and more!
I was hoping to have a Socktoberfest update, but since I had to rip back on my newest sock, that will haved to wait. In the mean time, here are the stitch markers I bought from Amy. Aren't they cute? Wait until I show you the Socktoberfest ones I got!
I can't help myself. When I am good about staying out of the yarn stores, I end up ordering all sorts of stuff online. I did stop in at Ewe and I a couple of weeks ago, thinking I wouldn't find a thing, and lo and behold, they have gotten with it!! A bit of a yarn update going on. They had Blue Sky and Mountain Colors. Shock!! I picked up a skein of lovely Goat yarn. I didn't think to take a pic of it before I wound it up, but when I finish knitting it up, I will share a picture. And then, when I swore that was it(!!!) I had enough yarn and projects to keep me busy for a lifetime...I went and did it! I ordered a whole bunch of goodies from Knitpicks. I had to have some yarn for my newly acquired Forest Canopy shawl pattern. So I picked up some knitpicks Memories in Redwood Forest. I saw someone else with the same colorway and knew I had to have it too! That didn't stop the spree there either. I also ordered some Shadow in Lost lake and Vineyard to make a couple of other quick shawls. I am hoping to have these done for Christmas presents. I only need about six more knitting months to finish all that I need to have done. I can get that all done in two and a half months right? Right? Here is my first order in all it's glory (shame):
You would think that the madness ended there....it didn't. I am now waiting another shipment from Knitpicks. I found the Seascape shawl pattern at the LYS and picked it up to make my mother in law a Christmas present. This is definatly one of the projects that WILL be done for Christmas. My mother in law does so much for me and my family that I want her to have something made with love from me. My father in law and her go to Cape May a lot and I think that the pattern is fitting. I ordered some Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud in Stream. I hope it is the right blue. Just to hedge my bets, I also ordered some Shadow in Jewels. One of them has to be the right color. I hope it is the alpaca cloud. It is so soft and I think t he drap is just perfect.
Ok, enough chit-chat..Those Socktoberfest socks won't get done by themselves. (Will they?) I haven't even finished the first one yet. World's Slowest Knitter!!! Whoo Hoo!!
Socks, socks, and more socks. That is what it is all about!! Check it out...Day one of Socktoberfest:
It's the first of eight socks (four pairs) that I need to have done. Wish me luck! I have to make socks for my two brother in laws, my father in law, and my husband for November before they go away for hunting. That sock there is my husbands. I figure I would make his first, so I could try the socks on everyone else and make adjustments to the pattern as needed for them. I hope I can make it. I also have an ever growing list of Christmas knits. I joined the Lonesome Skein KAL in hope of getting some of it done. Whew...fingers crossed. What are you all knitting on?
I have nothing new to report right now. I am waiting for some knitpicks yarn that I ordered to come in. I am planning on making MYSELF (not said in any nasty way, just wanting a little love for me) the Forest Canopy Shoulder Shawl. I plan on making it WAY bigger then shoulder size. I envision it in yummy fall colors. OK, I saw it on Teri's site and had to have it in the same color. Knitpicks Memories sock yarn in Redwood forest. Can't wait for that.
And of couse we have SOCKTOBERFEST coming up. I can't wait for that either. I need to be motivated to knit four pairs of socks. expecially with all the other projects I want to finish or start. I am hoping to have an update with pictures of all that this weekend.
Ok, I leave you with a picture of the yarn I got while in Ohio. The highlight of that is the Mountain Colors Bearfoot yarn.
We went to meet the newest addtion to the family today. Now my sister in law has two beautiful girls. And now those two beautiful girls have hats!!
That's (CK) in the purple hat, and (ME) in the cupcake hat. Aren't they cute?
I really think they like them. Don't you?
Oh well, at least I got a couple of pictures in before they decided that they didn't like them. It's good to see something you made being worn. These are the first things I have made that I have seen on the person I made them for. The other baby hats I made I haven't seen yet. Maybe with the cold weather coming that will change.
Gratuitous picture of my (A) holding baby (CK):
The countdown begins. Four pairs of socks...One month...SOCKTOBERFEST!!!
Ok, so just one baby and just one hat. But I plan to add more this weekend. I have two cute hats to go on two cute heads on Sunday. Stay tuned for those pictures.
I made this hat for (C) 
earlier this summer. I didn't get the chance to see her until this past Saturday. She actually kept the hat on long enough to get some pictures. Isn't she cute? The pattern is from Knitting at Knoon. I have to make more of these too! I also made a baby hat and a cupcake hat. I will hopefully have pictures of them after the weekend.
That's how it feels..Like I should be standing on the bow of a great big ship, screaming into the wind, "I'm done, it's finished, It's wonderful"!!!!!!!!
The Driftwood Victorian Shoulder Shawl
But wait a minute...That looks nothing like the color that we started with. Yes, I know. Well, you see, that color kinda went bad. I had to rip back and start over so many times, I felted it a bit. And then about 9 out of 11 repeats in....it broke. I cried. I cried to hubby. He said buy more. I did. Tada!!
Would I knit this again? Yes, but...I would buy two skeins of yarn and do a lot more repeats. When they say shoulder shawl, they mean shoulder shawl. It is wonderfully soft and light, and it floats around you. Just dreamy. But small. I was hoping to block it bigger then the 48" by 20" but I got exactly that.
Details:
Pattern: Driftwood Victorian Shoulder Shawl
Yarn: Jade Saphire 2-ply cashmere in Silver
Needles: size 4 (called for three, but four got me gauge) 32" addi circulars
Size: 48"x20" (exact size that it's supposed to be, no extra)
Started: August 2006
