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Monday, January 10, 2011

Friday's Flowers Shawl




Hello, friends! I finished my Pettine shawl using hand dyed silk single ply lace weight yarn that I bought from my dear friend, Lynn, over at her etsy shop, www.etsy/theprincessrooms.com. It was an absolute pleasure to knit...the beautiful sheen of the pink lace and the simple lace pattern. Love the triangular shape of the shawl and how the top portion lays over to make a "collar". Definitely making more from this designer and I can't wait to knit more of Lynn's beautifully dyed yarn.

May the Lord bless your day abundantly!
Lisa

Monday, January 3, 2011

Knitting in the New Year






Well, HI! Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year! I spent the weekend organizing my yarn stash. I went through my binder of patterns and pulled stuff out and started to put things in sheet protectors. For my yarn I tend to see a pattern first, then I'll purchase yarn for that particular project. Often I fall in love with the whole look of an item...the pattern, the yarn and the color. Most of my yarn is from Knit Picks, so I often will substitute the yarn for something from them, but I do have a couple of skeins of some really special yarns. I just ordered some Royale Hare sock yarn to make the Maia shawl that I found on ravelry. The yarn is called Bug Juice (yuck, I know!), but the color is a gorgeous olive green with flecks of mustard/brown. Can't wait to see it!

I'm almost finished with my Pettine shawl with the hand dyed silk that I purchased from my friend, Lynn at her etsy shop, The Princess Rooms. So very lovely.

Well, I assigned each yarn to its pattern and put them in separate Ziploc bags. The photo is the Ishbel shawl that I made for my mom for Christmas and the others are some yarns for some shawls to come. I really need to increase my knitting speed because I've got NINE shawls to knit. Not one pair of socks. Think I need to change the name of this blog. :)

May the Lord bless your day abundantly!
Lisa