2 shawls to talk about today.

1 - I finished and blocked my Swallowtail Shawl. Here is a pre-blocked shot



and some nice after blocking pics.



I love those lace close-ups. I am very proud of myself on this one cause it’s my first lace shawl and because it’s the first time I used charts instead of written out directions for knitting. Yarn is Knit Picks Shimmer in flower garden. I used the variegated yarn because I figured it would hide all the mistakes I assumed I would make. Not I kinda wish I had used a solid colour, so the pattern would pop more. I do love the colours though. Not what you would call subtle.

2 - I finished a really quick chunky shawl for my mom in 2 days! Yarn is Bernat Illusions, colour Radiant Red. I really did not enjoy working on this. I hate knitting with textured yarn and I did not have high hopes for the finished project. It turned out nice in the end though. Very cozy, and so quick to make!



I am still plugging away and my Christmas knitting. Khalil and I are leaving for a week in Atlanta on Saturday so that will either mean no time to knit, or a hell of a lot of time to knit.

And finally, the prize for the cutest picture today is Khalil...who insisted on wearing the shawl for a photo.


Cheers!

Finished Projects Galore!!!

Okay finally I got off my lazy ass and photographed my recent finished objects. Here they are:

1 - Starsky sweater. I love this sweater and I am very proud of myself with how it turned out. I am getting the hang of this knitting thing... here are some pics including me in sweater in picturesque Whistler B.C.

2 - Tony’s never ending sweater. Finally finished. I started this baby in August 2005. Finally finished just before we went to BC. I was made to match Khalil's hoodie sweater that was finished in July 2005. Thankfully, Khalil's sweater still fits so was able to take a pic of the boys in their matching sweaters.

3 - Vacation Sweater. So named because I knit most of it while on my vacation in BC. On the plane, in Vancouver, in Whistler and in Victoria. I got the pattern here.


I have some other finished projects but I am not going to post pictures because they are Christmas gifts and I’d like to try to keep a surprise.....

But I will show you these...
My 3 -year old Khalil, is OBSESSED with Star Wars (Tony and I are very proud - he is already showing very advanced geeky tendencies). One day he asked me to knit him a toy and I came up with these Star Wars finger puppets. The idea was to make many more, which I will do, once my Christmas knitting is done. So far we have (from left)

Yoda, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé, Obi-Wan Kenobe and Mace Windu.
They are a big hit with little one and know I have to deal with daily "can you make more Star Wars finger puppets?"

Other than Christmas presents, right now I am working on the Swallowtail shawl. I am interested to see what this will look like off the needles and blocked, since right now it just looks like a tangled pink mess....



And finally, here is the little guy in his Halloween Costume - Price Philip from Sleeping Beauty. What a handsome young prince.




Ciao for now!