07 May 2013

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 ;)

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful! This is one of those patterns where simplicity goes a long way. Looks like you'll get a lot of use out of it!

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    1. Thanks! Although after seeing your version, the color variation had me drooling :)

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  2. Lovely healthy looking shawl Amy. Glad you joined us. Hope that Texas sun dries up all the crud germs :)

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    1. Thanks, Kelli. You'd think once the temps hit a certain point, the germs would be gone...sigh..not the case :) But summer is coming soon, so it's all good!

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  3. it turned out very nicely, Amy! love the white & I agree on the simplicity

    I haven't cast on and I'm debating on using beads ~ I'm 50/50 on the idea right now so I'm thinking 'no' since it's adding extra work to an as yet not even started project :)

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    1. You sound like me...I finally asked my husband about the beads, he voted no. I think the color differences like in Kelli's and Willy's are more dramatic than the beads.

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  4. Wow... I love the white. It's going to go with everything. Lovely.

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  5. Your shawl is beautiful! I am glad you got your voice back. I lost mine for 10 days. It was terrible!!!

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