Lots of Projects Going On

I have been knitting and knitting, but giving away most of what I have knit. I can't post many pictures because I gave the project away before being able to take any! I knit socks with yarn from the Loopy Ewe (www.loopyewe.com). I think that the yarn was Claudia Hand Painted Yarn and was in the earth colorway(?). It had a lot of purples in it. My law partner and I put together a basket for a local charity's raffle and the socks+ other basket items went to the highest bidder.

I knit socks from the spring IK 2007 (the light purple ones - very pretty). They were given to my husband's sister-in-law (does that mean she is also my sister- in- law?) to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary. I also knit socks for her husband, my brother-in-law, that were made from a pattern posted on the Cider Moon website (www.cidermoon.com). The pattern was free! Their yarn is totally lovely. I am using the Lost colorway in Flurry to knit socks for myself. The pattern that I am using is RPM from Knitty.com. I want to work out the bugs before I make a pair for my sock exchange friend.

I also knit a shawl for my Mother as a Mother's Day present. The pattern was from Susan Lawrence and is called "Forrest Canopy." It worked out well and was my first ever lace project. I used some alpaca wool that I had in my stash and stretched my project in my son's bedroom. He was horrified, but he is rarely ever in there and it seemed to make good sense at the time. I guess that I will have to find someplace different next time.

In addition to the Lost colorway socks, I am working on a shawl from Hazel Carter called "Violets by the River." I bought it from The Sow's Ear (www.knitandsip.com) and am using wool from my latest yarn crawl through Minneapolis. The yarn is a merino/silk lace weight blend and is from Creative Fibers in Minneapolis, MN.

So you see, there has been a lot going on. What have you been up to? P.