Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and sane holiday season.
I have my first FO of the year. The Leaves Shawl (Ravelry link) is done and blocked. I am so freaking in love with it!
On cardoon, the only green thing in my garden. This picture shows the color correctly. It is a warm olive green.
Pattern: Unnamed rectangular lace table cloth converted to a shawl.
Author: Herbert Neibling
Publication: Gestrickte Spitzendecken, being translated and reprinted by Lacis.
Started: December 10th
Finished : January 3rd (actually finished the knitting on December 15th and procrastinated on doing the crochet cast off and blocking).
Yarn: Tactile Tussah Lace (available soon) in Lichen. I used half of a skein, about 50 grams (550-600 yards). This was a test skein and may be the nicest lace yarn I have ever knit with. Love, love, love it!
Lacis is working very hard to correct the errors in this publication and there are a lot of them! It is full of gorgeous Neiblings and well worth waiting a little longer for knittable patterns. Hopefully, it will be out this summer.
My next shawl will be made with this lace yarn, Tactile Merino-Silk lace in Citron. I am itching to start it as soon as I cast off Tangerine Tango (Ravelry link). It is 97% done and deserves to be finished before I start a new obsession shawl.
Lastly, a picture of my silly boy Sam (taken with a phone camera - excuse the graininess). On our trip to the lake at Thanksgiving, he decided to climb up on my bag for a nap. The bag contains my laptop so it can't be too comfortable. He spent over an hour like this. Silly, silly, silly. And undeniably cute.
Only five days to finish that? Your knitting needles must have been a blur.
It's beautiful!
Posted by: Kay-from the back yard | January 05, 2009 at 05:01 AM
Maia, that is one of the most beautiful shawls I've seen. What an heirloom. The color is fabulous. Congrats!
Posted by: Judy | January 05, 2009 at 05:29 AM
Gorgeous!
And dogs do silly, cute stuff like that so the next time they do something not-so-good, you'll just remember how adorable they can be and forgive them faster. :) For that one, I'd forgive him in an instant!
Posted by: (formerly) no-blog-rachel | January 05, 2009 at 06:13 AM
I would love to make this shawl, it is absolutely beautiful.
Posted by: gertieanne | January 05, 2009 at 07:23 AM
The shawl is so beautiful. I love the unexpectedness of the design. So unconventional. You are a good advert for the new book.
Posted by: LaurieM | January 05, 2009 at 09:25 AM
Wow, that's gorgeous. Will the book have the pattern for the shawl, or the tablecloth, or both?
Puppies are silly. And frightfully cute. :)
Posted by: Theresa | January 05, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Lovely work, and gorgeous shawl! I'm going to knit when the pattern becomes available.
Posted by: Deb | January 05, 2009 at 02:59 PM
Wow, the shawl turned out beautifully. And Sammy is probably sucking heat from the computer in the bag...
Posted by: Becca | January 05, 2009 at 03:25 PM
Beautiful shawl!
Posted by: Ann | January 05, 2009 at 03:38 PM
That is absolutely flippin gorgeous!
Wow.
And Sam is a real doll!
Posted by: gayle | January 05, 2009 at 06:38 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: porpoise | January 06, 2009 at 07:22 AM
It's beautiful! What an accomplishment!
Posted by: elizabeth | January 06, 2009 at 12:27 PM
That's an impressive and fast knit! LOve seeing something so unique, too.
Posted by: Laurie | January 07, 2009 at 03:50 AM
Lovely delicate leaves. Very intricate with nice sized holes. It looks like everything lace should be.
Posted by: fibergal | January 11, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Maia, that is just gorgeous! I want to make one for myself and one for my table.
Posted by: sherrme | January 14, 2009 at 04:42 PM
Wow, love the shawl. I have yet to tackle such a feat (and I would consider myself a reasonably expert-ish knitter). I do have some kauni that I'm thinking may become a shawl (only because I don't have enough for a sweater and don't feel like tracking any down). The pup is adorable.
Posted by: Jamisyn | January 16, 2009 at 04:30 AM