Sarah
When last I posted, I'd left Sleeve Island for the Land o' Lace -- and friends, I had a great trip. The Flower Basket Shawl (from the Fall 2004 Interweave) was a nice little vacation from miles of stockinette, using less than 300 yards of Noro Cashmel. Even though it's 100% cashmere, the Cashmel isn't quite as soft as I expect from such a loosely spun yarn, but Noro has never been known for making buttery-soft yarns. Laura stocks both Karabella Margrite and Boise for Bella, and I think either of those would work really well for this shawl -- if I make it again, I may have to get a couple balls of one of those.
Uh-oh, gotta go -- I hear ominous noises from the direction of Measure's diaper. Stay tuned, though: I'm working on a crochet-chain provisional cast-on tutorial which I think will be really cool!
ETA: So yeah, I'm back on Sleeve Island, but I'm just going to keep at it. I've got a couple other garter and stockinette projects on the needles (secret projects, sorry) so I really needed the break...but I'm also going to cast on for another lace shawl, because variety is the spice of life.
You are a knitting machine! How do you do it? A whole lace shawl in 1 day! And with a baby in tow...the mind boggles....
Posted by: Carol | October 05, 2007 at 04:48 PM
Gorgeous! Nice camera, too.
Posted by: Tikabelle | October 05, 2007 at 07:03 PM
That's so pretty, I love that grey color.
Posted by: Emily | October 05, 2007 at 07:14 PM
Oh, very lovely. What a delightful little shawl!
Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) | October 06, 2007 at 10:06 PM
We've been having some #2 issues in our house. So poop + a finished shawl = a good day to me!
Posted by: lola | October 07, 2007 at 07:12 AM
Aw man, this is so great! What a cute picture. Mind if I link to it?
Posted by: Faith | October 07, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Wow! You made that in record time and it looks fantastic!
I love the photo -- and nice looking camera.
Posted by: Miss Scarlett | October 08, 2007 at 09:53 PM