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I'm cheating on the Color Play Scarf! I am almost finished with it - just a couple more inches left, I think, and then I'll block it.
I was getting a little antsy to start a new knitting project. We have an art show at school coming up in less than a month, and I'm on the committee to organize it. One thing we talked about was having a sort of craft table with items people could bid on (we're raising money to build a well in Haiti). Since it will be in Spring, with warmer weather, I figured that not too many people would be interested in buying hats, mittens, winter scarves, etc. Since I had some lace weight yarn that I had ordered from Knit Picks back in January, I thought I'd try my hand at a lace shawl that would hopefully be light enough to wear on a Spring or Summer chilly evening. I don't know if anyone will bid on it or not (if not, then I'll just bring it back home for either myself, or donate), but I thought I'd at least attempt to make one.
Since I've never really knit a lace shawl before, I wanted to find an easy pattern. The one I chose is called The Birch Leaf Shawl, and it is very easy to knit. I started it last evening and got the first 15 rows completed (the rest of the shawl is a repeat of the last four rows, not counting the purled wrong side rows) and decided that this will be something for me to knit in daylight hours. I don't have a lot of good light in my apartment, so when it gets dark I can only work on knitting that has larger than lace sized yarn involved.
For the time being, I can finish my Color Play Scarf when it gets dark. Then I'll have to find another pattern to work on for that time of day. At least the days are getting longer no, so when I get home from work I will have a few hours (except when I have Bible study) in the evening before it's dark. Hopefully I'll get the scarf completed tonight or tomorrow night and be able to block it and photograph it.
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