Diamonds and Rust

No longer a blob, but a wondrous shawl!  I love, love, love this thing.  Love the design, the yarn (Wendy's Wonders on Etsy.  This is the lace shawl yarn:  875 yards, 80/20 merino/silk, color - Saguaro).  Design is by Anna Victoria on Ravelry, my favorite lace shawl designer!!

Started July 10; finished July 21.

Photos taken on my deck and somewhat muted by the light.  The color of the first picture is very accurate.

Blocked and no longer The Blob

It's delicious to wear, too!

The Blob

The Blob.  This is what a lace shawl looks like before blocking:  a blobby wrinkly mess. 

Wait 'til you see what it looks like when blocked.

Started sometime in Jan and finished yesterday.  It could have been finished a while ago, but I got distracted by all the sweater knitting.

She quilts; she knits

And in between I bake bread and an occasional cake.  Cleaning?  Hah!  Cooking?  Only enough to survive.  Gimme yarn.  Gimme fabric.

Yarn is merino twin by Wollelfe, an amazing Austrian dyer.  She's on vacation at the moment, which is very good for my pocketbook.  875 yards of soft merino, fingering weight.

The pattern is Illumine, and you can find it on Ravelry, of course.  However did we knitters manage before Ravelry?  I'm number 1702, and the current number of members is 7,178,950!!!!! 

Also working on two mystery KALs (knit-alongs), so no pics until I'm finished.  But I can tell you that they are fun to do.

EPP continues slowly but surely.  2 more blocks and one more added to the quilt.

And 3 hibiscus flowers are blooming.