to say, I haven’t been perfect in following my Cultivating Joy theme
for the year. All my flower beds are weedy and in need of mulch. I
don’t read the Bible as much as I ought. I wish I had more time to
spend outdoors in nature. Lastly, I must admit that I did not exemplify
“joy” as much as hoped leading up to my 30th birthday (although I did
manage to survive the day pretty well.)
To try to keep myself on track, as well as make this whole project
manageable and not just beat myself up over what I don’t do, I am
trying a new approach for the next few months. For each of the Style
Statement categories, I write down one thing I’d like to focus on for
the month. Sometimes it’s something concrete like “paint the living
room” and other times it’s more of improving a habit or attitude.
I got the idea for this from someone’s blog… I can probably find it
if I think about it for a minute…Ah ha! It’s Graceful Creative (a
whole blog devoted to following her style statement).
I’ll post my June goals in a couple of days. For now, I’ll reveal my
latest knitting project, which also was my “creative” goal for the
month of May.
This shawl is a gift for my husband’s grandmother’s
birthday. Originally I thought I would be really creative and try to
design a shawl myself, but after ripping it out about 5 or 6 times and
a birthday deadline looming, I decided that I needed to get real and
just knit something from a pattern.
Project Details:
Pattern: Leaf Lace Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark
Yarn: Lulu’s Yarns Supersock Merino
Needle Size: Size 6
Pattern Modifications: None… why mess with perfection? =)
Time to knit: about 3 weeks
Final impressions: Matt said his grandma liked yellow, but WHOA this
yarn is really yellow. I was worried it would be overwhelming, but it
was not bad at all once it was blocked and had all the big lacy holes
in it.
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Hello! Love the shawl. Perfect for nights like tonight. The colors are gorgeous.