babtisia........one of my favorites in the garden.
Accomplish your visions.
Persevere in your ambitions.
Only then can you negate
Visions and ambitions.
Deng Ming~Dao
I finished my hooking project and it came out well, but not perfect. I will be hooking a bit more over the next week, so I will share the end result next week.
In the meantime, I am sweating bullets with my wool peddler shawl. Have I shared with you how much I love this pattern? Or the yarn? This is one of those patterns that I could just keep knitting and knitting....reminiscent of Birch.
As all good things must come to an end though, so it is with this shawl. I am winding down the home stretch........but the question is...... am I going to have enough yarn?
I have one more row and then the cast off, and this is what I have left........EEK. There are a lot of stitches on the needles. If I cast off a row before I should, it may make the bottom edge look unbalanced, so I sent out an SOS email to Judy last week. Fingers are crossed that she will have one more skein if I need it. Did I tell you how much I love this yarn? If I didn't.....let me tell you it is scrumptiously soft and wonderful to knit with.
Oh....and before I end this post, I have a little treat for you if you have not already seen this. Go take a listen to this.......you won't be disappointed...simply amazing! Keep your eyes on the judges....too funny..heehee!
Have a Great Weekend!
Baptisia is one of my favorites too; I love both the flowers and the foliage. It grows wild on the banks of the Little Cahaba River - I was so surprised to find it! (and that I knew what it was!)
Posted by: elizabeth | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 04:52 PM
Your shawl is yummy and I'm glad you can get more yarn if you need it!
Loved the video! :)
Posted by: Ruinwen | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Hi Kim! I love the flowers, the fiber and the adorable little Muffin ;) I combined fiber and flowers in my Friday post, too...
No puppies in my post, though ;(
Good luck on the the yarn search! Keeping my fingers crossed for you! Cary at Serenity Farms
Posted by: Cary | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 12:07 AM
You are in luck, let me know. I love that pattern. Now I want to make another one. There is enough to so it. Too many beautiful projects.
Posted by: Judy | Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 08:35 AM
Hoping there's another skein for you! Her yarn is FABULOUS.
Posted by: Laurie | Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 06:55 AM
That was a great video - what a voice! And your flowers are beautiful. (Your blog post was a treat for the eyes and the ears!) Good luck with the yarn. :)
Posted by: Beth | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 11:36 PM
That's just cutting it too close! Hope she can set you up with enough to finish.
Posted by: Beth | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 09:40 PM
oh wow. how did you know i ADORE opera?? really cool video!
i love your shawl too and the yarn looks luscious—so what's the verdict?? did you make it?
Posted by: anne | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 07:56 PM
The video was fantastic!!!!
I thought it was an angel singing.
What about the judges?
Posted by: Mary Ellen Dadds | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 07:42 PM
Looks like you might run out of yarn, but I hope not. I love all blue flowers. I'm not familiar with babtisia. I wonder if it grows here. Very pretty!
Posted by: Wool Winder | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 04:37 PM
I've got my fingers crossed that Judy has that yarn for you.
Posted by: Carole | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 04:33 PM
The shawl is lovely! I knit one for my mother last year and was disturbed to find that the point produced from the written instructions/chart does not seem to match the shawl on the cover. The cover shawl uses half repeats when it hits the center increases. Have you noticed the same thing, or am I just crazy?
Posted by: Kirsten Grace | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:24 PM