Whole lotta knitting going on

Finished Shetland Triangle Shawl
Originally uploaded by tangocatmum

Finished Shetland Triangle shawl! This was a fast knit, relatively speaking. Two weeks from casting on to cast off. It would have been way faster if I hadn't had to rip back seventy-eleven times. Why is it that you make the mistake on the very row where you are putting in the lifeline? There were other goofball problems we won't mention here. The other boost to speed is that this is gorgeously thick yarn, Blue Moon Fiber Arts' Peru, which is a blend of merino, alpaca and silk, in one of the Raven series colorways, Thraven. Positively edible to knit with, look at and wear.

The look of unblocked lace, as we all know, is totally unappetizing:


I guess it is possible I am not congenitally incapable of knitting lace, after all.
I'm now battling a serious case of castonitis, with about 15 projects battling for top billing for next to be on the needles. Not to mention I already have two pairs of socks, a hat and another shawl in actual laceweight yarn sulking in the corner. And you know, cleaning for imminent houseguests (hooray!), a bountiful harvest of pears from our tree to pick and process, and cats to wax.

This video gives a good clue as to the special joys of sleeping with cats (actually, they allow us to sleep with them, but that's a whole 'nother issue). Multiply this by three and you have the idea:


And just because I love you, here's the view today: