San Diego was super fun! We had lots of time in the sun, did yoga every day and just overall enjoyed ourselves. It was a much needed break from winter and life in general. While in San Diego, and the flight home, I was able to finish my hat. It was just in time too because I definitely needed it once I landed back in Wisconsin.
What's exciting is that I'm still on track to complete a project each month! Jan/Feb/March -- check, check and check! So what's on my needles in April? I had a hard time with this one. I wanted something light and airy and my first issue of Vogue Knitting came in with such lovely summer styles. Such a hard decision!! But I decided to make my project selection a little bit more difficult for myself by limiting to only using yarn that was in the stash. I have so much stash.... I really need to try to work through it. So I'm going to.
For the rest of the year, projects must be made out of stash. (I'm going to regret that.... )
So my April project is my first shawl!! I'm tackling the Pretty Basic Shawl. I bought some very pretty alpaca fingering weight wool from Rach-Al-Paca which I got at a yarn and wool fest this past fall. It's a natural color, off-white, that has some tinsel woven into it giving it a subtle sparkle. As a result... I'm labeling the project my Pretty Basic Pretty Shawl. I know, I'm so creative.
I started only a few days ago and I'm already through the main portion of the pattern and am already onto the edging. The pattern only calls for 5 repeats of the pattern, which felt pretty small, so I added 2 more repeats. To maintain proportion, I'll likely add 2 more repeats of the edging pattern as well.
Can you see the sparkle?? I'm absolutely smitten!!
As for the downs???? Well, I don't really want to get into those now. Just know that its pretty down. Blegh. But at least I have my knitting.
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