It seems like that is all I have...things that are not finished. Understandable with the Mystery Shawl 2 because we've only gotten 2 clues. Out of 5 or 6 I guess?
The yarn is gorgeous. I love Judy's single ply, and I think of myself as a single ply kind of gal -- I just like the way it shows stitches -- but I'm also loving this two ply. It is really soft, a little heavier than the single ply and the color is beautiful. This photo is a pretty good representation of the colors on my monitor -- she calls it Daffodils. It's pooling slightly, as you can see, but the monochromatic thing is making me happy. I had to rip the whole thing once, so I'm hanging on lifelines, baby. Yep, one every inch or so. I took it out for the photo, but 'fessed up anyway. Now it is just right.
Next is the Leaf Lace Shawl. Not a lot of progress lately -- couldn't take it on the airplane as it is on metal needles and I didn't want to lose 3 weeks of work to some airport security guy's wife.
The pic is here just to show the color changes. Which I don't think I like. How many things are these 5 skeins of Koigu going to have to become for me to like them? (Umm, let's see: half a Charlotte's Web, half a Clapotis, now half a Leaf Lace Shawl.) See, it's not symmetrical -- the bands of color become smaller as the shawl gets larger. Keep in mind that I'm about 3/4 of the way through the 3rd ball. I just haven't decided to love it yet. And it is heavy. And only halfway done. So...what to do? It's languishing in the knitting bag for now.
Prisoner of Azkaban Scarf
This is part of daughter's Halloween costume (she's being Ginny) but I'm only through 6 of the 14 repeats. Man.
I've got to get on the stick. Not long 'til the big day. It's kind of a boring knit. But I've got to make myself work on it...
And Finally...
This came at the shop today.
Reynolds Odyssey in Browns Mix (which by the way is a lot more olive than brown, but olive is OK too). It is for the sweater Husband requested from Men in Knits . This cardigan. Simple. Elegant. Boring to knit except for the cable. So I had to get exciting yarn. A girl's gotta live a little. Now all I have to do is finish it by Christmas. Cross everything.
Beautiful color of your mystery shawl. The Leaf lace shawl looks great, too. I joined the Evelyn A. Clark knitalong on Yahoo groups and the Leaf Lace shawl was voted to be the shawl to knit. Please join us, if you will.
I travel every now and then. I've been able to fly with my knitting with me, including the 32in 2mm Addi circs on my slowly evolving gansey as well as my 5mm 24in Addi needles. THey questioned by cable needle at one point in LV, but they let me keep it. I did have to keep the scissors out and use the yarn cutter charm that I bought instead. Happy knitting.
Posted by: Mary in Maine | October 14, 2005 at 09:04 AM
The scarves can be a Very Boring Knit ... I had a hard time finishing mine, because I kept putting it off for days and days. It looks good, though, and you still have two weeks. You can do it!
Posted by: Ruth | October 14, 2005 at 09:09 AM
I think the key with the HP scarf is to work on it while doing something else - watching a movie, etc. I've been working on mine (also a Gryffindor!) for less than a week and I've got 8 of 14 repeats done... somehow it seems to be going very quickly. (If you will kindly ignore the fact that this is the third time I'd started it because it kept coming out way too wide.) Good luck with it! You've still got two weeks - I'm sure you'll make it. :)
Posted by: Julie | October 16, 2005 at 02:32 PM