Casting On
Well, not much to report in the realm of finished objects but I have cast on some lovely new ones! I have been quilting a bit lately and doing some dying (more on that soon) and it has cut into my knitting time ever so slightly. At the shop we are just starting to bring in our fall yarns and I’m trying to hold out and wait and see what comes next but that has never been my strong suit. So without further adieu here are a few new projects in the works:
First I bought this beautiful little ball of Malabrigo Lace at the newest yarn shop in town Baaad Anna’s. It’s a very cute little shop and Anna is very friendly and helpful. I have this ball earmarked to make Emily’s Photosynthesis shawl. I have seen it in both the lace and DK weights and it is beautiful. I only have the one ball so I will have to make it little smaller. Having a smaller size shawl/scarf is OK but it’s always a little tricky trying to figure out how many repeats to cut out. Malabrigo is not the best yarn for mistakes, the loose spin makes it more difficult to pull out. We shall see how it goes.
The next project is knitting up quickly, it’s a cast on for Christmas (that’s right folks, I have started some Christmas knitting, hold your applause until I actually complete something before December) so all I will say is that it is Superwash Sport from Sweetgeorgia yarns in the colourway Black Plum. The yarn is beautiful and it is knitting up great!
Last but not least is some yarn from my stash. I dug into it and came out with 2 skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas Royal and we just got a new cowl pattern for this lovely stuff. It was meant to be. I bought this yarn on sale about 2 years ago and I feel it is about time it got some use. This cowl is taking forever but it is so soft and sumptuous it will be lovely once it’s done.
