FO Friday 41

Happy Friday everyone! Also, I want to wish my US readers a happy and SAFE Fourth of July! I hope you have fun plans. As far as I'm concerned, we're just going to play it by ear. My neighborhood has a community party we might head to for an hour or so. Last year we took Milo, my corgi, to it and he had a blast. It was great to get him into a large crowd with music playing and see him not freak out. He's 2 years old now, so I'm guessing he'll do even better.

In other news, I have decided to take part in the Year of Projects on Ravelry, as you can see from the button on my sidebar. That means I will now have posts (most) Sundays. I will try to keep them fresh, despite also having WIPW and FO Friday posts with the same projects. My first post for it will be this Sunday, listing my projects I have planned (though I expect them to change a little), along with pics of some of the yarn I'll be using from my stash. I'm very excited about it, and I must say, my list is INSANE!

In more news, just because I love this picture, I had to share. Yesterday I was getting ready to tag all of the Delicious lace weight yarn I've been dyeing. 7 skeins were ready for tagging, but before I did, I decided to have a little fun with the camera. Check it out.



Total eye candy, right? (Pun NOT intended! LOL) (Almost) all of these are available at Candy Skein, and more to come on Monday!

Anyway, back to FO Friday! As most of you know, I started my first shawlette on June 20th. I just finished on the 29th, and then blocked it. I was kind of silly (actually, to be honest, I started this before I had my needle set) and didn't use a needle size up (I usually have to, due to knitting so tight), so it's a little smaller than it's supposed to be. I ended up adding two rows between the last lace section and the end garter section, so the length down is pretty close to what it should be. The wing span on the other hand, is a bit shorter. I blocked it, but couldn't block it out to the size that was recommended. I also had some yarn left over. In hindsight, I could have added probably two more rows, but was so nervous I would run out of yarn, I just stopped. Despite that, I love it. It's so so pretty and love that the bottom is in the dark blue, but not a ton of it. What do you think?


Materials Used:
Size US 8 needles
Candy Skein DK (Blueberry Ripening)
Pattern: The Age of Brass and Steam
Tapestry needle

Sorry for this crappy iPhone pic with terrible lighting, but I forgot to take a regular pic when it was blocking. I ended up blocking it on a yoga mat with towels under it on my dining room table. Oh look, a sneak peek of one of my projects for Year of Projects on the front of the magazine! That was totally not planned. Anyway, the blocking went well, IMO. I didn't block it too heavily, as it didn't really need much since it wasn't a heavy lace pattern. I will say though, I wish I had gone up a needle size, since I'm such a tight knitter.

This is the shawl on my neighbor's wall. I had to hang the top over a bit to get it to stick and not fall in the dirt, but this is pretty accurate to the color.


This is the shawlette folded. Isn't it pretty!?

And folded again, but this time so you can see the back as well.

Unfortunately I was unable to get a picture wearing it, as my husband didn't get home until very late. I hope to soon!


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