Right before we left for our week in Chicago (more details soon), I finished knitting the purple silk Swallowtail shawl. My
first Swallowtail took forever and was absolutely cursed. Once it was actually finished, I could see that its very fine silk yarn made it stunningly gorgeous. This one, with slightly thicker yarn, flew off the needles within a week, without incident. While not as delicate, it is lovely as well. Fantastic pattern.
Here it is on display at Chicago's Millennium Park:
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And I came home to an advanced copy of
my book
! While no needles were involved, it is quite a sense of accomplishment to have one's oldest WIP (Work In Progress, for you non-knitters) come into life.
Celebration all around!
9 comments:
Congratulations on two beautiful FOs. I love those photographs!
I guess son doesn't yet count as a finished object, he may however be your oldest WIP.
Congrats on a fine week -- D
PS -- Thanks for taking time to rescue my sock in Chicago.
Congratulations on the book -- what a major accomplishment!
Congratulations on both your finishes - The shawl is lovely and the book - a magnum opus indeed!!
Wow! The shawl is a "wow!" The book is a huge "wow!!!" That is just such a huge accomplishment. I'm just beaming for you over here! That book is absolutely beautiful to look at and I imagine that the text is thoughtfully crafted. Just *beaming* I tellya!!!!
Congratulations on your book!!
Congrats on finishing the Swallowtail, but coming home to a copy of your book, wow!!!
The shawl is beautiful and congrats on the book!!
Big Kudos on the book. As a writer (as yet unpublished) i applaud the accomplishement.
As a lace knitting addict I think the shawl is a gem. Excellent work.
Do you attend any of the local knitting groups? I live in D.C. and I occaisionally go to the Sunday group at Stitch DC Capitol Hill.
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