Persimmon Tree

Multiple things were blocking on my apartment floor yesterday. Puzzle pieces were everywhere. But of course, this is a sign of progress to me.

As you can see there is another shawl being added to my FO list. Unlike the Springtime Bandit, which is more of a triangular scarf, this one is an actual shawl. On a small scale but a shawl nonetheless. Ursa is still in the works, however, I can proudly say that I have completed all the knitting. Now it's just seaming. Got the sleeves spread out below.

This is the color of the water after the new shawl soaked for 20 minutes. I knew that there would be a lot of red coming out of it, because whenever I knitted with it, my hands turned red. Reminded me of Yarny Old Kim's Stigmata sweater.

I took advantage of the cool, rainless, fall day to snap some outside pictures. I am pleased with the outcome of the shawl and it even got a compliment from the mailman as he passed by while I was in the midst of the photo shoot.

Pattern: Charlotte's Easy Lace Shawl
Yarn: Persimmon Tree Farm Pot Luck Yarn (Colorway J5) - Purchased at Rhinebeck '08 (1 skein)
Needles: Knit Picks Options Circs Size 10
Started: July 22, 2009
Finished: September 28, 2009
Mods: None really except that I ran out of yarn and was only able to complete 1 of the 4 garter rows before bind-off. Also used the Russian bind-off method.
Dimensions: 48" wide and 24.5" deep

I have to say that I am really pleased with myself. I purchased enough yarn from Rhinebeck 2008 to knit up five projects. I have completed four of the five. The only yarn that remains is my purchase from Brooks Farm which I am going to use to knit up the February Lady sweater. I am thrilled I am heading into Rhinebeck 2009 with an almost clean yarn stash slate from the previous fiber adventure.

Lastly, there may be a new sweater on my needles....

Who's Got Knitting?

I do! I actually got some knitting done on my trip down to Virginia this past weekend. DB and I drove down to Danville, VA on Friday and stayed for 3 days of moto track riding at VIR. I knitted for maybe only a half hour on the drive down, but definitely got a lot more accomplished on our drive back to NYC on Tuesday.

Since I didn't want to travel with Icarus, I decided Charlotte's Easy Lace Shawl was the best choice. I hadn't knitted on it from the last post I wrote about it so I accomplished a good deal. I snapped this picture in the Jeep at the Maryland House Rest Area. I absolutely love the Fall colors in this yarn.

I also have an Icarus Shawl update. As of this morning I have totally finished Chart 1. The shawl has been knitted for 178 rows and the stitch count increased to 375 stitches. Only 58 more rows to knit before binding off. Of course, the stitch count has to increase to over 400 stitches first.

Knitting Updates

Today I met up with Kim and Risa for lunch, had my camera with me, but do you think I took any pictures? Nope. Completely forgot. We celebrated Risa's birthday with a Thai lunch and some knitting. So instead of seeing some pictures of us cool girls knitting, ya'll will have to just be happy with pics of what I've been knitting these days.

First up is an updated picture of the Icarus Shawl I am knitting for a friend. Pretty good progress for a few days work. I won't tell ya'll the time I spent on it. I still remember when I revealed the number of stitches total in my one sweater that was knitted on size 2 needles. Yikes! So I will just tell ya as of right now, Icarus stands at the point where I have one more repeat of Rows 19-42 on Chart 1. Not bad at all. BTW, I LOVE this yarn!

Since I was meeting up for a knitting lunch today, I decided that my sock was not at an appropriate place to be worked on while talking with others. I decided to wind up some yarn I bought at Rhinebeck last year and start a shawl that my sis made out of the same yarn I gifted her. The shawl is Charlotte's Easy Lace Shawl by FiberTrends. The yarn I am using is Persimmon Tree Farm "Pot Luck" yarn. The yarn coloring is slightly different from the one I bought my sis, but it still contains all the pretty fall leaf colors I fell in love with while there.

Finally, here is a better in-progress photo of my latest sock. As a reminder it is the Froot Loop sock from Knitty. I have two more repeats to complete for the leg and then I will be on the heel.

Lastly, my momma is having double knee replacement surgery tomorrow afternoon! I know she reads my blog so I wish her lots of love. You'll be in my thoughts!!!! Momma's goal is to get her new legs going so well, that she'll join MB and I at Rhinebeck in 2010. You go mom!