Technically it's not Friday but I'm a rebel...Here are some photos of the finished shawl. Still not blocked but I know you won't mind.
I can't properly describe how much I enjoyed knitting this. Or really how much I enjoy knitting with anything I buy from Adrian's shop. Her sense of color and great visual sense of using simple patterns to enhance the beauty of her (and Sarah's) handspun yarn is unsurpassed. I don't say that lightly either. I may be a new knitter but I've been studying color all my life. And I always find something truly desirable to knit with in her shop updates. You might notice that I had this knitting project interrupted for a few months. But you might also notice that I bought another kit in the meantime. The prices might seem a bit high if you're unfamiliar with the usual cost of handspun yarn - but it's important to consider how much wool is actually being used in the thicker yarns. Believe me, if you love unique and soft yarn it's totally worth it.
Cody said that I haven't taken enough photos of Winter with my knitting lately. So here's a gratuitous dog being tortured by knitting photo.
Don't let that hounddog face fool you. She loves the attention. And she was happily eating a greenie about three minutes after this photo was taken.
I started my besotted scarf but things got a little sloppy. So to get back into the practice of knitting cables I've been knitting a collar for Winter. Regular collars tend to rub on her short fur so I've been making one that can cover a new one. The idea is based on this necklace and I'm using some old mercerized cotton that I bought at a local store where 80s yarn went to die, or be bought for a dollar a skein by a newbie knitter.
It's knit on US size 4s and will be sewn into a tube using some fabric on the back then slipped onto a collar.
Technically since it's pink it fits into Project Spectrum right?
And isn't it sad that we've recently lost both The Old Man from A Christmas Story (as well as Kolchak The Night Stalker) and The Artful Dodger from Oliver (also in that terrifying show HR Puffinstuff)? What great guys they were.
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Winter looks so glam in that fabu shawl! Really. The shawl is amazing.
Posted by: Beverly at March 4, 2006 9:24 AM
Awww...I have weak knees for puppies in knits! Winter looks quite stunning with the shawl.
Posted by: Carrie at March 4, 2006 10:12 AM
The shawl is fabulous! I love Winter's expression in the picture: "I am being terribly abused here, oh woe is me."
Posted by: Chris at March 4, 2006 10:33 AM
It's beautiful!
Posted by: Scout at March 4, 2006 11:27 AM
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