Lalala…

I did finish it.

I even blocked it.

What I haven’t done is take some decent photos of it. Also started a sock. By “started” I mean that I knit furiously on it for about a day and then got bored.

I noticed something while reviewing my “active” projects the other day. Everything I’m working on is lace. Stoles, shawls, more shawls…all of it. Not a single sock, sweater part, hat, glove in the pile. Just something lacy followed by more lacy. This could constitute a rut.

First there’s my main project, the handspun Comfort Shawl sampler. I am so close to finishing this that I foresee a marathon knitting session sans break to finish those last few rows. I’m on the second to last color/fiber on the last ball of yarn. The last two new fiber sections took up around eight rows before merging into the next segment, so there is really about a dozen rows until the end. A dozen. I must finish this.

My even more mindless than a feather and fan project is a Wisp that I started in March with the intent of using the entire ball of yarn. I’m so bored with this project that I may just measure and decide it’s long enough. This project gained a few inches while we sat in the theater Thursday night waiting for a midnight showing of The Dark Knight. You know how much I hated (spoiler warning) the latest Indiana Jones? I loved this new Batman installation with the same intensity of feeling times a million billion. Seriously, it’s that good and I’m not just saying that because Bats is my favorite super hero and he can kick your super hero’s ass.

Finally, I’ve pulled Mellifera out of hibernation. She’s still a little baby shawl. This is another handspun project using singles made of merino and tencel. I’m hoping to make at least a bit of progress on this before I get distracted by another project.

I could almost kill for something cabled and not lace, but if I stop what I’m working on, I’m afraid I won’t pick them back up.

The basket it was used to be on my desk. At some point, I or a cat knocked it off the desk and it was wedged between the wall and my portfolio case by the window. If I ever bothered to draw anymore, I’d have found it weeks (months?) ago. It has been reunited with its mate in yet another basket, but this time in a visible location where I would immediately notice if it were knocked off. I’m pretty sure this is the culprit as I’ve found her picking her way across my desk when she thinks no one is looking.

On the knitting front, I’m nearly finished with the second ball on the Comfort Shawl. While I love spinning and knitting tencel blends, I don’t have the same affection when it comes to 100% tencel, particularly when spun into a low twist single. Mixed with wool, tencel acts much the same way as silk. On its own, there’s an artificial shininess that in no way resembles silk. I’ll be glad to finish out the tencel rows and move back to the squishy goodness of wool.

Now that everything is dry, I can say without a doubt that this is yarn and not FSM.

There’s about 800 yards in this skein. Short of my goal, but more than enough for the intended project.

This yarn is slated to become a Spring Things shawl with the modifications made by kelp!