How About Some Knitting?

I haven’t had a lot of time for knitting lately, but when I have, I’ve been trying to focus on finishing up Becky the Second. It’s nearly finished – hopefully it will only be a few more days. I’m anxious to have the chance to wear it before it starts getting too cool. There isn’t much more knitting left on it, but I’ll probably want to wet-block the front piece and seam the front and back parts together before I finish the neck band for the back, in case I want to make any changes. If I can get the front finished today, I can soak it and let it dry overnight, then hopefully finish up with it tomorrow.

I also started a small stockinette project to keep in my purse. It’s the Lune Shawl, by Miriam Felton, from her new book/digital collection Twist & Knit. I love the extreme crescent shape of it. I had the chance to try Mim’s on at her trunk show earlier this week, and I really liked how it sits around the neck and shoulders. If you can’t get to the Ravelry page, the Lune Shawl is the blue shawlette that is the right-most photo in the second row of photos on the book link above. I’m doing the plain stockinette version, since the idea was to have something that was easy to work on, without having to read charts or figure out what row I was on.

It isn’t totally mindless knitting, since there are increases at each end of the wrong-side rows, and on the right side, there are a couple of increases you can’t set markers for, as they shift on each row. But it’s not hard to see where they should be, and it keeps the project a bit interesting without needing to refer to instructions or a chart.

When I’m done with that, I’ll need to rifle through my stash to see if I have something appropriate for the Schieffelin Point Shawl. Susan just finished one out of the yarn recommended in the pattern, and I fell in love. The size and shape were perfect for me, and I loved the color. I nearly walked out of the shop with it. I liked the yarn it was knit in – The Fibre Company’s Savannah – it’s lovely and tweedy, with great drape, but I’d really like to clear out some of my stash yarn if possible, and I’m pretty sure I have a couple of yarns that would work well.