Newsflash

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by Deb

Just a quick update . . . I finished my Pi-are-Square shawl last night! Woo-hoo!

There won’t be any more pictures until I get her blocked, which may be tonight, or may wait until the weekend when I have time to really fiddle with getting her laid out correctly.

Tonight, I’ll either start (finally!) my Peacock Feathers shawl, or start making whatever I’m going to make with that blue-green handspun of mine. Yes, I could theoretically do both, but I really don’t like having too many projects going at a time. Chances are, I’ll start the Peacock. I’ll be using “Shimmer” yarn from KnitPicks, in the color “Turquoise Splendor.” I think the variegated blue/green will be lovely for a peacock, don’t you? You’ll note that the sample swatch on their page is in that color–I like the idea of those changing colors in a Peacock-inspired shawl. I just wish there was some purple in there, too…

Meantime, I’ve been reading everything I can about my KR Secret Pal–namely, her posts on the Knitter’s Review board and her old blog entries. I want to be a good pal!

Tags: General, Knitting/Spinning // 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “Newsflash”

  1. Jessica // Mar 9, 2005 at 9:38 am

    Congrats Deb – can’t wait to see the finished shawl. I know it must be nice to finally come to the end of a large project and finally get to see its true beauty. Can’t wait to see the Peacock Shawl too. I do have one question that spawned from a conversation with my husband this morning. How many shawls do you have? He asked me while watching me knit my Pi Shawl (after finishing another shawl last week) “How many shawls do you need?!” I only have four really but am knitting two currently and have one more in the works that I can’t wait to start – I don’t think one can ever have enough shawl since they are all different and have different uses, at home, out, fancy, plain, etc. What’s your opinion?

  2. Tracy // Mar 9, 2005 at 10:44 am

    That’s going to make a beautiful Peacock!

  3. Jen // Mar 9, 2005 at 10:45 am

    Oooh … nice shawl! And I can’t wait to order Shimmer from knitpicks … you’ll have to share what you think of it! Jenifer

  4. susan // Mar 9, 2005 at 1:02 pm

    I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished shawl. I know that feeling of relief (and excitement) when a large project is completed. WooHoo indeed!

  5. Jessica // Mar 9, 2005 at 3:33 pm

    I can’t wait to see your finished shawl. What an accomplishment.

  6. Tiffany // Mar 9, 2005 at 4:03 pm

    There is big anitcipation to see your shawl, how exciting :D

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