KAL Progress - Guest Blogger Sue

I have finished 11 repeats of the body chart, and have 22 grams of yarn left.  Wondering if I can squeeze in one more repeat before starting the edge chart.  I may just continue on to the edge chart since I don't want to run out!! Should have measured before the last repeat to see how much yarn it required!!

The spine measures 18" right now, so it should block out, with the edging, to a nice size. Getting anxious to finish!

Hope everyone is pleased with their shawl!  The finished ones are gorgeous!!

Slow Progress ~ guest blogger Trudy

Seems I should not do two projects at once, especially when I like both.  Will try to not do that again, but you know how it goes all that pretty yarn and so many beautiful things to knit .  Then there is always a  good book to read .  My class for the Entrelac Scraf is done , so pressure is off.  It is a fun knit .  I'm making progress with my Shetland Shawl slow but sure, but am loving it.  Pretty new to lace so slow.  Those that I have seen finished are beautiful. Will post a picture of both my projects, just to update that I have been knitting.

Ready Set Go ~ guest blogger Andee

So I had plans of using my handspun merino for this shawl. I got it on the needles and I was loving the pattern and yarn, but I couldn't help but thinking of another project I thought the yarn would be so much better for. So I set it aside and picked up a skein of Cascade Heritage sock yarn.  I very rarely buy yarn without a plan and this yarn I had bought because I loved the color.  I figured for only $12.00 a skein of 437 yards I'd buy two and find something to make with it.  It has been sitting next to my computer waiting to be knit it.  I started the shawl over with this yarn on Saturday night and by Sunday at noon I was done with all the repeats from the chart and ready for the edging.  Talk about a pattern that flies off your needles. 

I am loving the rows of purling and knitting! Lace with rows of knitting sign me up any day.  I still have the other skein of yarn so I'm going to keep going until I run out of yarn.  I think this would be nice to be able to wrap around and around. We'll see.  But I did set it aside and picked up another project. Two projects at the same time. Yikes! That is so not me, but I really need some hand knits to wear in this warmer weather.  So I casted on a top.  I'll be picking away on the Shetland Triangle over the next week. But I'm not rushing it. It is such a joy to knit.

Ravelry notes- Shetland Triangle

Happy Knitting,

Andee

Guest bloggers... Penny & Carolyn

Yikes... I don't know how I keep screwing this up, but seems like I get a few rows knitted and then I find my count is off  -- again and again. Grrrr! Oh well, I'm making progress, plus I am getting a lot of sunshine.

Let me guess, Melissa, you're on your third shawl. Is that right Wonder Woman?

Update: May 12th:

Carolyn is doing great. I LOVE the color. She came over and I took a pic of her shawl...

She wanted me to post our shawls together. Not sure why they look more colorful...

Guest Blogger Trudy

Hi, my name is Trudy aka thirdknitwit, just happen to have the honor of being Kelli and Melissa's ML.

This is my first attempt at lace also at blogging, so patience please.. The yarn I'm using is Malabrigo Sock 

yarn in Lettuce.  I will try to get a picture of what I have done soon.  The three I have seen done are

stunning.  Hope to learn a lot from all of you great knitters.  See you soon.

Aha Moment ~ guest blogger Liz

I’m a latecomer to this group, but saw the knit-along last week and decided to ignore the mound of tote bags filled with works in progress (that I navigate like an obstacle course all over my house and in my closet) and jump in.  Any excuse to buy new yarn!

I ordered some yarn from Webs Yarn and my package was waiting for me last night when I returned home from work.  I didn’t splurge for this project, as I felt a bit guilty about a couple of big items I’m in the throes of making (where I’m using copious amounts of Rowan and Noro yarn), but I did find some Cascade fingering weight yarn that is inexpensive and should make a pretty shawl.

I used my ball winder on one skein last night and decided to attack the project.  After about a half an hour staring numbly at the neck chart with no idea what to do and experiencing a bit of low self-esteem when I read several posts on Ravelry by women who’d made this project and discussed how easy it was to knit up, I had an epiphany and suddenly the schemata made sense.  I knit 20 rows of the neck and one or two of the body.

I do like this design.  It’s complex enough to keep my interest, but isn’t one of those uber challenging patterns that I am only able to attack in the summer and fall--when my brain isn’t completely depleted of the capability to process simple information--as it typically is at the end of the school year.  (I teach high school English and by the end of second semester--after months of dealing with teenagers--I’m quite proud to simply be getting dressed in somewhat matching clothes and regularly attending class with some semblance of a lesson prepared for each day). 

Looking forward to working on this shawl this coming weekend. 

I need to get another set of size 6 needles, so I don't have to switch back and
forth between projects.

To say hello... ~ guest blogger Amy

Hi all.  I'm Amy.  I was so excited to join the KAL (great pick of patterns, guys!).  I've had the pattern in "queue" for so long, bought the yarn "back in the day"...was ready.  I even dithered (I really think this word should be used more often!) on whether to add beads...in the end, I did not.

May 1st came, I diligently CO, and bam...kid #1 got hit with the creeping-crud that goes around when the seasons change (of course this is my breathing treatment kiddo, nothing serious, just enough to throw us off our game).  Enter more knitting.  Then in the true meaning of sharing...kid #2 came down with some version of the creeping-crud.  More knitting.

Now you all know that at this point, it's only a matter of time...and yep, it was my turn :)  Lost my voice to my children's great amusement.  We are all on the mend now. (Ironically, my husband who has wicked allergies and is usually the more "fragile" of all of us, is perfectly fine.)

My apologies for my lack of participation on the blog. My voice is back..more or less...I was able to volunteer at the school today, and "speak sternly" when necessary ;)  So despite the "non-drama drama" (because my life IS pretty simple!), I do have a FO to share.

  BUT I am soooo looking forward to seeing all the remaining FOs and seeing everyone's progress.

And a sidenote, that pool in the background has already been used...not being from TX, it always amazes me how quick it can get hot here....bless this TX weather ;)