Somethings green

SOMETHING OLD:  Yay! I'm happy to report that I finally finished my first lace shawl! I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with it now, but anyway - it's done! I have to give a HUGE thank-you to JennKnits on Ravelry. I ran out of yarn a few inches before finishing the bind-off, and she was the one person on Ravelry who had any of the same yarn in her stash. I sent a pathetic note, and she gladly snipped a couple of feet of yarn off her skein and popped it in the mail to me.

Project Details:

Pattern: Leaf Lace Shawl by Evelyn Clark

Yarn: numma numma Saucy in Green Goddess - 1 skein plus about 3 extra feet of yarn

Needle Size: Size 4 long circular

Pattern Modifications: the edging is shorter than the pattern calls for because I was running out of yarn.

Time to knit: Hmmm... Ravelry tells me that I started this back in February! But there were LONG stretches in there when I didn't touch it.

Final impressions: It's very pretty... but I think the likelihood of my using would be a lot better if it were rectangular. I need to figure out someone to give this to who will actually wear it.

SOMETHING NEW:  The beginning of Matt's annual birthday sweater - I was going to do the sleeves first, but it looks like I'm going to have to get an extra skein of yarn to be able to complete them. Luckily I have a little time before this one is due.