Trillian Progress ~

The Trillian shawl is looking good. The yarn has a lovely twist, almost like my beloved Jitterbug, and that twist makes this Shibui a delight to knit with. The colors...ahhhh, the colors are so vibrant and warm.... When my daughter asked me to drive her to practice on this pouring rain evening, I thought I would take this sunshine "zinnia" brightness to the coffee shop and brighten up my raining evening.It worked. Although the rain kept pouring down and the wind kept blowing, my zinnia garden kept growing more lovely each row!

New Year's Heels ~

I am slogging through these Yarnia socks, as I want to get them off my needles and on to my "done project" list already! The sparkles in the individual pieces of the fiber make me think of New Years' Eve fireworks, so that is keeping me going strong!Not the greatest picture...
*sigh* Starbucks is out of eggnog until the next holiday season

Auld Lang Syne

As 2012 begins, and 2011 is in our rear view mirror, I'm happy to remember all the knitterly blessings I have enjoyed in 2011. The best knitting friends, ever, as they are creative, fun and the best friends one can hope for ~ I am very blessed!I picked up the Yarnia socks, for Auld Lang Syne, so I can get them finished. Seems like the sparkles would be a good New Year's project, right? Another blessing was being able to knit and finish 25 projects in 2011. Several of them were shawls, and I'm very happy about that! What new knitting projects await us in the new year!! What knitting resolutions should we be making!?

Knitting buddies ~

There are others in our household that needed a few more days to finish Christmas gifts. Last night, I was presented with a hand made "knitting buddy" from my very talented sweetie. He made it out of maple, and it twirls on a roller blade wheel from his old pair that had been living in the attic. Very clever construction, and they sell for $40 in our local yarn shop. Lucky me to get a hand made one, and the promise of more to come! I thought it was a perfect reason to cast on another lovely knitting gift, Shibui sock yarn in the Zinnia colorway.
I cast on for the Trillian shawl, as it is written directions - not a chart as the original shawl I wanted to cast on... so someday I need to be more comfortable with charts... someday is not today...So far, this shawl looks lovely, and I have to remember to, "save 7% of the yarn" for the edging since I only have 400 yards, and not the 580 yards called for in the full shawl pattern. I think the zinnia yarn and the maple knitting buddy look like they are enjoying themselves!

Christmas gift cast off ~

I would have only needed a few more days to finish all the Christmas gifts, as I cast off mum's lovely alpaca socks last night. Here they are earlier this week, with my peppermint mocha!Since her birthday is in February (leap day!) I will send them as birthday gifts! The socks are lovely and soft, and she will love them!

Christmas gift cast on ~

I was very lucky to have some yarn as one of my gifts under our Christmas tree. My youngest was very clever in finding a way to get me some lovely yarn for Christmas, with the extra bonus that she knows I'll knit her socks out of this lovely yarn.The yarn company is Frolicking Feet, color "Pot 'O Gold"~ and I love it! I had to cast on almost immediately, the day after Christmas...

Holiday ply ~

I finished plying the lovely mango while on holiday. It is looking so beautiful, and I'm excited to knit something lovely with it!First I'll give it a wash, then I'll measure how much lovely yarn I have....Then I'll find a pattern, and cast on! What a great adventure!