Done!

Laminaria has been officially done for a couple of weeks now. I've just been forgetting to blog it. I must say, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I soaked it in Adam's baby detergent before blocking so now it smells wonderful just like my baby. I didn't aggressively block it since I'm planning only to wear it as a scarf but it still looks so detailed and wonderful. I told everyone that I would wear it until it wears out and to tell you the truth, I have been wearing it so much that it already needs another soak and wash. I really want to knit another one but there are soooo many projects in my queue that I also want to knit so maybe not. I definitely want to knit another shawl though. Pogona is next on my list. Or was it the Damson. Hmm, either one, I would love I guess. After that big project, I decided to work on my Manu furiously and again, guess what happened. I ran out of yarn again. However, this time, the yarn is still available so I was in luck. I am now awaiting for more yarn to come to finish the border and then the pockets.

While waiting, I didn't want to start on another project yet, thinking I really should work on the 2 scarves that I have going, or the entrellac blanket that I'm also doing. That lasted a couple of hours. I was so itching to start on the Olive pullover though that I just had to cast on!

Laminaria

When I first started knitting, oh about a little bit more than a year ago, I said to myself that I would never knit a lacy shawl. And now, what is on my needles?  A lacy shawl. Knitting out of madeline tosh lace yarn. The yarn is absolutely wonderful but it feels like I'm knitting with thread.  It's quite funny, but after 3 rounds of doing the blossom chart, my stitches are finally correct. In my head, I was insistent that the designer must have written the pattern incorrectly because my stitches did not  match up. Finally by the time I repeated the pattern 3 times, I noticed my mistake and of course the pattern was correct.

Again, last night I declared that after this shawl, I will not knit another lacy shawl ever again. And lena said, just wait, you will soak it, and block it, and it will be beautiful and you'll knit another one soon enough. Of course I thought she was crazy as I was ripping out stitch by stitch because I had miscounted at the beginning of the row. But now, sitting here this morning, after knitting perfect rows, I'm thinking, hmm, this shawl would look great in a nice vibrant red....