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Haven’t shared any of my work for a while. Next month or early the month after, I am expecting a little cousin -- a little boy of course! Used up some blue lace-weight yarn (used double) that I had on hand to make a baby hat and booties. Since my baby knitting books are packed up in preparation for a pending move (a move that has been for 3 years!), I went searching for free patterns. For the hat I found, “Vintage Pique Rib Hat”; and for the booties, “Stash Busting Baby Booties.” The left-over yarn was from DyeForYarn and is a silk/cashmere blend called “Lace SiCash.”

BOTTOM ROW: The lower row was an MKAL (”mystery knit-along”) entitled “Moving Forward.” I used a lace-weight cashmere/silk “gradient set” called “Happy-Go-Lucky” from DyeForYarn.

Should have posted this last night, but my “Timeless” shawl (a “Boo-Knits” design) is now completed! The top left scan shows how it looked before blocking, and the top right, while being blocked. Finally, you can see it on “Jezebel” and over just the right dress to complement Bev’s shawl pattern! (Please excuse the can of WD40!) The yarn used was DyeForYarn Fingering Tussah Silk in the “Absinthe” colourway. Although the colour may look somewhat “teal” in the scans, it is really a very beautiful emerald green.

LOWER: Am about 1/3rd of the way through the “picot bind-off” (VERY tedious, but hope will be worth it!) on the “Into the Night” shawl. It is being worked up in a skein that was “languishing” in my stash for some time -- “Tosh Lace” by Madelinetosh (who else?) in the “Iris” colourway, a semi-solid of indigo and violet. Not too surprisingly, this yarn has been discontinued -- like all my favourites!

This past month, Boo Knits has hosted a Mystery Knit-A-Long (”MKAL”) for a shawl appropriately named “Apparition.” The colour, bead, and yarn choice were ours although certain yarn choices were recommended. Decided to go with one of the recommended yarns, DyeforYarn Tussah Silk in the “Königin der Nacht” (translated “Queen of the Night”) colourway. The colour of the yarn looks blue in the pictures, but is really a very deep purply indigo. For the bead choice, I went with the recommended Miyuki triangle size 5/0. To carry the “night sky” theme further, silver seemed the logical choice. 

I finished my “Heaven Scent” shawl (another design by Boo Knits), and it’s now on the blocking mat. Chose the “all-over lace” option and am so glad that I stopped at 5 pattern repeats because the picot bind-off certainly “ate up” a whole lot of yarn! I love the design, and I love the yarn, Tussah Silk Fingering by DyeForYarn in the “Glass Frog” colourway; however, I think I’ll choose another bind-off option in the future! All those picots required every T-pin as well as every straight pin my Mom and I had in the house!

J'ai fini ma première paire de #chaussettesdelaschtroumpfette, je suis sûre que @Magrat est trop jalouse #knitting #socks #knittersofinstagram #dyeforyarn #lionessartsyarn