Birch...bottoms up!

Here's my second Birch shawl using this pattern (you can find it on Ravely) rather than the Rowan pattern that starts with casting on 299 stitches and knitting to the bottom.  I enjoyed this one more.  For a lace shawl, it's one of the easiest patterns. Very repetitive.  Time consuming, yes. But not difficult.

I made it for my friend Debbie, who commissioned me to knit it for her.  Isn't she gorgeous in it?

Mercato dei fiori shawl

Here we go, another shawl.  I don't even really wear shawls, but I love knitting them. Love the lacework, and with this shawl, the Mercato dei Fiori, it has colorwork, and lacework--the best of both worlds. I get so bored with knitting straight stockinette stitch, or garter stitch, that I need something more. When I'm in the midst of a project that is just stockinette or garter, I start feeling like I'm driving cross country and am in Kansas: Too far to turn back and too far yet to go. I'm almost to the lacework, using Wollmeise 100%, in Wilder Morn and Schwarz.