Gifts that were knit

I just cannot get over how quickly time flies, and it has been months since I last posted. Could it be that I was busy knitting. By all means. I knit two shawls as gifts. One is the short row technique that I used in my capelet, done in a beautiful mohair and silk yarn. I'll post the exact details on Ravelry when I get back home, but here is a picture of that shawl. It turned out gorgeous, as it is so soft and light weight.

How Time Flies!

Well, my husband and I just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. 40!?!?!?! Not quite sure how that happened. Anyway, we spent a week in Vegas, did a lot of walking, and saw a lot of really great shows. And now it is 5 weeks till Christmas! I've done a fair amount of knitting, both machine and hand. With hand-knitting I'm still on my lace kick. As for the machine, socks are on there now, as they are real quick Christmas gifts. I did knit a shawl for my daughter's birthday at the end of October. It is a take-off on the Summit Shawl. Not the best picture, but here it is.

It's not that I haven't been knitting...

It's just that I forget to record it here. I am busy preparing for the Creative Festival in Toronto, so time is at a premium. Here is a close-up of the "Summit" shawl,that I will be teaching in the "Lace on the Machine" class.

Me second lace shawl - 198 Yard of Heaven

Well, I'm quite pleased. This really is a great pattern to start with, as the pattern repeats are separated by purl stitches on the right side. I'm not sure I totally like the edging, but it sure looks great blocked. I knit it in Hand Maiden Cashmere and Silk for my SIL who is dealing with some serious health issues. She'll be getting it shortly.

Fluffy

Fluffy is now 3 months old. When I picked her up, she was 8 weeks, and weighed 850 grams. She is an absolute delight.

I've adopted a kitten!

My grandson was soo disappointed that we couldn't bring her home on our first visit, he asked if I could knit him a kitten. And he wanted it to look like "Fluffy". I remembered a crochet pattern I had from Annie's Attic, called "granny's comin'".

It's not that I'm not knitting!

Although I have to admit, I'm not knitting as much at the moment, it just seems that time flies by, and months have passed since I last posted. Well, the Conifer Shawl is done and blocked. I'm pretty proud of it. Even though I found out about the errata after I had finished that section, and chose not to take it back. So today, I share the picture of the blocked shawl, in all it's glory.