Last night, I posted my first pattern for sale on Ravelry – Spring’s Beginning Scarf.  I made it using Unplanned Peacock’s Twisty Sock in the color Bluegrass.  Her yarns are just gorgeous- I really recommend them!   Here’s a picture of the full design:

I’m also working on a celtic knot shawl – I have it drawn, but I don’t have much knitted yet since I just finished the first draft and cast on last night.  Other projects on the needles right now are the Aeolian Shawl from Knitty, Heere Be Dragone from Aurora Alpacas and a Scottish Thistle doily.  I really need to start keeping up with more info here… I’m going to try!

I really need to get this blog back up and running. I just finished what may be my ultimate masterpiece. It is certainly one of the hardest patterns I have ever attempted- Fiddlesticks Knitting Peacock Feathers Shawl. I used Cascade’s Alpaca Lace in three colors- purple (1416), teal (1419) and blue (1422). I used one strand of each, then for the transition I ran two strands (one of each color) for three rows. The number of rows in each color varied. I used size 3 needles for most of the pattern, then halfway through the last round of green, my needle snapped (YIKES!) in the middle of a row. Not having another size 3 needle and not wanting to stop my progress, I switched to a size 4, which actually worked out well. You really can’t tell unless you really look. Anyway- here are all the pictures!

One “wing” while blocking:

Bottom edge while blocking:

Smallest “feathers” near the top:

Medium “feathers” near the middle:

Edging

Full shawl from the base

Another full view

View while worn

Draped out over the side of the bed: