yawn
aww..
thanks for all the sweater/birthday love. i really enjoyed reading all the comments over what has been a crazy week.
a few days ago, our first niece was born, and that's pretty much all the girlfriend and i can talk about at the moment. yay auntiehood!
i've been inexplicably tired this week, like, totally useless, shouldn't bother leaving the house tired, and i have no idea why. needless to say, there hasn't been all that much knitting around here.
i did manage to squeak out a little shawl though. i knit it through some work meetings and lunch breaks and despite the tiredness, forced myself to knit at least 1 pattern repeat a night.
pattern: flower basket shawl by evelyn clark
yarn: elsebeth lavold silky wool, color 15 (yellow). 1.5 skeins
needles: 4.5 mm
like most of evelyn clark's patterns, the lace pattern was easy to knit, but looks really pretty. i only did 7 repeats to the main chart, because i was planning on wearing this as a scarf. the silky wool is nice, but i'm not totally in love with it, and i can't pinpoint why. i'm usually totally in love with everything. i do love the color though, a really perfect yellow.
in the interest of keeping it "real" at chez knittingschooldropout, a very tired-looking, shawl-in-action shot:
ugh, there's no hiding it.
what's next?
after some serious napping, i'm casting on for the mate to my beloved norwegian snail mitten.
that'll be my bring-everywhere-knit-during-everything project. i also have a new sweater on the needles. more about that one later...
Comments
I love your shawl, and your coat too! I think the yellow looks nice against the coat and your skin.
I'm not crazy about Silky Wool either. I like to tug on my yarn when I knit or purl a stitch and this one feels to fragile or something.
Posted by: Wanett | April 2, 2008 08:46 PM
That's it. I have GOT to learn intarsia. I love your mitten.
Posted by: Sarah | April 2, 2008 08:56 PM
That yellow is beautiful! Nice and bright but still soft enough.... I have to cast on something yellow!
Posted by: meg | April 2, 2008 09:36 PM
The shawl is so cute! I love that yellow too--nice and mellow. (and again, I show my lameness).
You know, I've had one of those weeks, too, where I'm inexplicably tired and worn out. I blame the weather.
Posted by: femiknitter | April 2, 2008 09:50 PM
Even if you are tired, you still look wicked cute!
Posted by: amanda | April 2, 2008 10:19 PM
Beautiful shawl! I love the scarf-type use of it.
Get some sleep. :-)
Posted by: Jodi | April 2, 2008 11:02 PM
the shawl looks great, congrats! also, congratulations on the birth of your neice. how exciting!
Posted by: mai | April 3, 2008 10:16 AM
The shawl is lovely, and so practical as a scarf. I have the same feeling about Silky Wool. Like, I know it's a good yarn, and I love the tweedy colors, you can't beat the price, but I'm just not a fan.
Things I *am* a fan of: that mitten! Super pretty.
Posted by: kim | April 3, 2008 10:28 AM
very nice! i love the flower basket shawl. i wear mine all the time. i'm sure you'll get the same use out of yours. get some rest!
Posted by: gleek | April 3, 2008 10:41 AM
That snail mitten is too cute! I have yet to venture into colorwork, but that mitt makes me want to!
Congrats on the new baby in the family!
Posted by: Courtney | April 3, 2008 10:51 AM
Congrats on becoming an Auntie! It's such an awesome thing and you will enjoy spoiling them for sure :)
I love the shawl! It looks like the perfect size to throw on when you just need to bundle up a little bit.
Posted by: Alice | April 3, 2008 12:31 PM
I've been exhausted the past couple weeks as well! I'm blaming it on the weather change...
I love that yellow! I think I'll try knitting something yellow to lift me out of these doledrums.
Posted by: Veronique | April 3, 2008 12:33 PM
Ooooh! I love the mitten! Great color choices...
The shawl is lovely too!
Posted by: Viktoria | April 3, 2008 12:50 PM
Love that shawl!!!
And auntiehood is probably the bestest thing, isn´t it? My niece is 3 years old now and... well, I don´t even have words to describe the feeling (and I´m a wordy gal). It´s just pure, pure love. :)
Enjoy it!
Ana
Posted by: Ana | April 3, 2008 03:05 PM
I followed your post from craftster here! The one with the inverse blue and red mittens! Awesome stuff (: What method do you use for making the thumbs. I'm so afraid to snip the yarn for the thumb and there are no tutorials out there ): So now I have one mitten with no thumb. :P
Posted by: evangeline | April 3, 2008 04:36 PM
A shawl in a week! That's more like magna cum laude, not knitting dropout ;) Ha haha. It's really cute, and I like how you're wearing it.
Posted by: Mariss | April 4, 2008 10:14 AM
Me too! I'm totally wiped for no real reason. What's up with that?
I like your coat though, and your knits =)
Posted by: Cirilia | April 6, 2008 05:06 PM
The snail mitten rocks. I need to learn colorwork!
Posted by: Jen | April 8, 2008 10:22 AM
i really love the shawl - it looks great on you!
Posted by: lolly | April 11, 2008 08:47 AM
Ooo... I like the gritty realism (actually, I think you look nice). The shawl/scarf is lovely, and I adore your snail mitten.
Posted by: Octopus Knits | April 13, 2008 05:54 PM
What great idea of making a scarf instead of a the whole shawl. Why didn't I think of that? :) Now off to pull out my shawl patterns. Your scarf is gorgeous and the yellow looks very nice.
Posted by: Joanne | April 23, 2008 07:27 PM