In the spirit of knitting for me, me, me, me right now because I can and I’m tired of deadline knitting for the moment and because it is my Birthday week- I have brought the Stormwater Shawl out of hibernation. This is the shawl knit with not one but TWO strands of simultaneous sea silk, probably one of the most decadent fibers ever produced. I think my colorway is “Paris” purple, green and blue, I can’t really recall at the moment.
I’m happy, it is a challenging project (a 16 row repeat for EVER) but I like a bit of a challenge and as far as lace goes, I could do worse. I have no photos yet (it isn’t very long yet). Also, in my endeavour to find out how to SSP (slip, slip, purl) I found out that all these years I’ve been doing SSK (slip, slip, knit) incorrectly. Is it worth frogging the first 32 rows of the shawl? Nah, but now I know and knowing is good. If I keep working on it I may actually be able to wear it at the beach! (realistically, the shawl isn’t much for ‘warmth’ rather than it is to be pretty and silky and slippery, I can’t wait for it to be finished!)
I’ve also fixed the handle on my knitted sari silk bag so I like carrying it again AND I made a pretty neato felted tote called Rosebud (you can buy the pattern here) which is drying as we speak so I might have it finished up this week. I can’t decide if I am going to line it or not, I think I have some nice scrap fabric that is all stripey in the same shades of green and pink that might make for a neat lining, so maybe it will be finished by next week. it is a good size and wouldn’t make a bad knitting bag.
Yay for selfish knitting!
