Between pity parties about our gas and working, I have managed to get in some knitting. On the bus I knit that Dragon Hoodie and at night, I've been working on the pattern for my shawl with my own roving.
Confession time, I have made designing a shawl far more complicated than it really is, until I had the "AHA!" moment and I realized how flippin' easy it really is. I should really clarify that sentiment. There are some amazingly beautiful and complex shawls out there, but the essential premise of increasing at the center and edge and gradually incorporating more and more repeats of a single motif, is very easy. This is what happens when you try to design something you've never knit before. I'm sure if I had knit even a single triangular shawl, that concept would be rather straight forward.
Nonetheless, three days of toiling have brought me here:
Not so exciting, but I think the effect will be nice once I've worked a few more inches.
The Hoodie is much further with far less toil
I'm hoping this will be a good size for the baby. My gauge is slightly tighter because of the difference in fiber, but she is very young and I'm knitting the largest size. Worst case scenario, if it's too small, I have a friend who is due in a few months, I can give her this and make a new one for Matt's friend.
I still have several more posts I'd like to get up this week, including one about a cowl that won't do what it's told and some amazing Christmas presents from my family.
The hoodie looks great. I like this shawl, but I really loved the one you showed me earlier out of "our" roving. Are you still working on it?
I hear you on the A HA moment with design projects. Unfortunately, I haven't had mine and I'm working on a simple cable cardigan. We're talking SIMPLE, and yet I can't figure out how to write it down. Knitting it was a breeze, but writing it down (even as I go) is a brain twister!