Waiting for yarn to arrive

What a beautiful shawl, can't wait to begin and join the fun! I'll be using Zephyr, and since I couldn't decide on just 1 color, I ordered 3, and 2 different colors of beads.

I have 3 wonderful daughters-in-law, and I'd like to knit a shawl for each of them. Perhaps 2 with beads and 1 with the nupps. I love knitting lace and prefer working from charts, so I'm looking forward to beginning.

Hurry up, mailman....bring my yarn!

Shawl Progress

Here's a pic of the progress on my shawl . For some reason , I had a few problems at the beginning ; either not enough stitches or too many . Once I was able to " read " the pattern it all seemed to fall into place. It's been smooth sailing and I've almost completed the repeats for Chart A . Thankfully I'd decided to knit this with the Zephyr as I think tinking mohair yarn would have driven me to drink !

Please wish me luck

Thanks for welcoming me into the group. I'm working away at the shawl. I started the shawl on the same day as Kate, I think. But I'm nowhere near done. (Kate, you were fast!) I've just finished the 8th repeat of those last 5 rows of Chart A. I think I can manage to finish the shawl in time but that "each row takes longer than the last" thing is making me very nervous. I'm making the shawl as a bridal gift so I need it finished before last time I see the bride before the wedding (which is at the end of this month) so I'm knitting as fast as I can.

But I find if I don't take the time to count stitches every row, something happens and I end up having to fix a mistake. I'm not sure why I keep making them, because it's actually a very straightforward pattern. Apparently, I can't walk and chew gum though. If I try to do anything else, except maybe listen to music, while knitting I invariably make a mistake. At least I'm catching them sooner now. Any suggestions for how to keep from making mistakes? I've gotten to the point where I won't even acknowledge an interruption until I've finished the 5 stitch repeat I'm on. Am I the only one who has to pay this close of attention this far in? Or, you know, at all? I'd hate to find out I'm lace-impaired. I love lace shawls and I have plans to make lots of them.

I'm Ready for Spring

After enduring the coldest Easter on record here in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, am I ever ready for it to be Spring for good! And I can't think of a better way to celebrate spring than to knit a beautiful lace shawl. I'm delighted to be joining ya'll in knitting this great design--this will be my first time knitting one of Susan's designs. I finished knitting Miriam's Hidcote garden shawl several weeks ago.

My name is Kristina and in addition to being addicted to lace knitting, I'm currently on the home stretch of finishing my dissertation. In a few short weeks I'll be graduating with my PhD in Nursing after *many* long years of work. Tatting, beadwork, and knitting have kept me sane through it all :-)

I'm still playing with yarn ideas for Spring Things, but am leaning towards using a pretty butter yellow cashmere/wool blend called Gentle purchased from the YarnPlace in CA. This yarn is really a cobweb wt. so I'll be doubling it for this project. I swatched with a size US5/3.75mm needle but I thinks it's a bit too lacy for my taste so I'll go down to my favorite for lace size 4 needles. My size 4Addi-Lace needle is on a WIP that has only 6 rows left to go, so I'll knit that off before I cast on for Spring Things so I can use my new favorite needle for this shawl too.

I look forward to meeting everyone and knitting and blogging with you. I'll be blogging here and on my own blog at www.beadntat.blogspot.com as I go. Thanks for welcoming me!
{{{hugs}}} Kristina

Now I can Start ....

I have been welcomed to join this group and am so thankful! The shawl is gorgeous and now all I have to do is purchase the pattern . I have lots of lace that I have spun myself or purchased. I am thinking of some spring green (turquoise is what I was expecting) easter egg dyed fingering yarn - just need to check and see how much yardage is needed for this shawl.

Love seeing what others are doing!
Vanessa in Upstate NY
www.butterflyjo.blogspot.com

Gosh, I'm finished

This one is big, but it is beautiful. The yarn is a mohair/acrylmix, from Coats Schachenmayr. I used needles no 5, and I feel really satisfied right now. So now I guess I have to knit socks. The colour is blue with some beige, purple and green in. I'll take a better photo outside tomorrow, in the snow. There are a couple of more photos in my blog.

My shawl in progress

This shawl is a beauty, and so funny to knit. I'm almost done at chart B.