What a week this has been! Busy, busy and then a little bit more busy. I kept taking pictures over the week to post about, but then life got a firm hold on me and alas no posting and sadly not enough comment responses either.......please know that each comment means so much to me, but sometimes life gets too blessed busy. Even now as I am trying to post, Maggie is outside barking at the ghosts, begging me to get up from my chair and let her in.....LOL
I finished my shetland shawl..........I am very happy with the end result. I used my merino/tencel sock yarn and was pleased with the weight on this shawl. I think if I were to do another one, I would add a few more pattern repeats to make the shawl bigger as the weight of the yarn is a bit more substantial than fingering weight yarn, but all in all, I was very happy with it.
(Doesn't the shawl look like a stingray on that shrub?.....heehee)
Thank you for all of your puppy name suggestions. Let me introduce you to Skyy. Given that she is a Cosmopolitan girl, I could not go with names such as Ritzy, Sassy or Tipsy as my daughter Ashley informed me that she was NOT a bar hag, but rather a soft and refined girl.......upscale as they would say.
I resorted to looking at the thesaurus and still nothing other than maybe Posh.......but still, that did not suit her........so a trip to the liquor store to look at Vodka names again and there it was starring me right in the face........Skyy. It suits her.
Other than the shawl, there has not been much knitting going on. I finished the book, The Lovely Bones. Many of you asked what I thought about the book and I will say that I was glad that I read it, but disappointed in the ending.
The beginning was a bit hard to read, but I could tell the author at that time was going somewhere with the difficult event, so I stuck with it. The middle of the book was fabulous, but towards the end, the author seemed to loose where she wanted to go with the book and the ending did not complete the middle. All in all a well written and thought provoking book, I just wish the end had not gone off on such a wild tangent.
Our babies are growing......
You can see from this picture that my baby robins are growing in leaps and bounds! Can you believe that in just a few short weeks, they have grown to this point where they actually look like birds??
Their eyes are open and they are feathered......I hope I get the chance to witness their flight from the coop!
Your shawl is lovely! I have some merino/tencel that I was thinking of using for a similar shawl. How big did yours end up?
Posted by: Monica | Saturday, July 07, 2007 at 12:13 AM
I, too, am catching up on blog reading. I really like your Shetland shawl - is it of your own design? Will you share the pattern?
Posted by: Dianna | Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 07:14 PM
OMG that is so lovely! Another masterpiece!
Skyy is such a lovely name. It fits her perfect! :)
Posted by: Ruinwen | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 at 10:52 AM
This turned out so so pretty! I'm linking to it, if you don't mind.
Posted by: Faith | Monday, June 04, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Hi,I know I am a little late,Skyy seems to fit that little poop, and I like the spelling,but over the weekend I was thinking of Poli part of cosmopolitan or even Poly with the one L.Oh Well Maybe the next pup.........
Posted by: Jimmy | Monday, June 04, 2007 at 03:15 PM
Love the color of the shawl, different from alot out there! Sky(y) is on the list of future pet names here , great choice. Daine did make the spindle bag... I was lucky to get this print. I'm very happy with the spindle too! I may see you in Windsor?!
Posted by: Diane E | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 11:23 PM
Lovely shawl! Which pattern is it?
Posted by: DonnaC | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 08:20 PM
I'm catching up on my blog reading. Your shawl is lovely! Great restful shade of green. Congratulations to your daughter (and to you) re: her graduation!
Posted by: Robin | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 05:05 PM
SKYY!! I love it! (not really as the vodka, but as the SKY and an extra Y) haha~ She is adorable!
I love to see pictures of the baby robins!
Take a deep breath now..
Posted by: sandy | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 04:38 PM
Absolutely beautiful - pattern source, please! :)
Posted by: DebbieB | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 02:20 PM
What a delightful post, all full of beautiful, exciting things! Since I'm in the middle of a long shawl (ha!), I'm immediately drawn to your lovely shetland - nice work! - but the puppy, and the robins!
Posted by: Tina | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 02:06 PM
Oh, I love your shawl! It's very beautiful. The color is fantastic.
Posted by: Beth | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 08:10 AM
Skyy is to dyye for.
Love your shawl. Seems an unreachable goal for me right now. Ill just adore yours.
color is gorgeous too.
Posted by: kathy b | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 06:56 AM
Hi Kim---I've been searching for over a month for a triangular shawl pattern without points on the border(they are lovely, but I just don't have time or space to pin them out). Would you mind sharing where you obtained the pattern?
Also, love the pup. When we went puppy shopping in 1999, I wanted a KCC but breeders would not sell them to us. We don't have a fenced yard! We live in the middle of nowhere, but that didn't matter. I still hope to have one someday.
Also, how are the buns?
Posted by: DebiP | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 06:53 AM
I love the shawl -- looks great. Skyy is an adorable girl!
Posted by: Kathy | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 11:02 PM
oooh, that shawl is the prettiest color! like sherbet; mmm
Posted by: anne | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 10:37 PM
Beautiful shawl! Those birds will be out before you know it.
Posted by: Laurie | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 07:46 PM
Skyy is a good name. It does suit her. I love the shawl. I keep thinking about knitting this one and yours has convinced me that I should.
Posted by: vicki | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 06:48 PM
Wow what a fast knit the shawl was. Love the color and so dainty and delicate looking. Beautiful pattern. Can you steer me towards the pattern? Perfect color too.
Cuddles to the new girl on the block, she is darling.
Posted by: Denise/CT | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 03:58 PM
The sweat pea shawl is a thing of beauty - almost as pretty as real sweet peas (but not quite.) Your lace weight, I presume? Maybe I'll try that pattern with the Cracklin Rosie you sent me.
Blessings!
Posted by: Susan P | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 11:34 AM
Love the color and pattern on the shawl. The green is so happy!
Posted by: Crafting Jen | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 11:30 AM
The shawl is so pretty!
I love seeing the birds. That's a great picture.
Posted by: Wool Winder | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Your shawl is beautiful. I love the pattern and color.
That puppy is so cute. Glad to see the robins are doing well.
Sorry I haven't commented. I've been on a bit of a knitting deadline. And it looks like I still am!
Have a great weekend.
Posted by: crzjane | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 09:25 AM
Ha! It DOES look like a stingray. But a very pretty one. :-)
I'm so glad the robins are doing well. I was worried about them!
Posted by: Beth S. | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 09:15 AM
My shawl came out much smaller than I'd expected, also. I reblocked it to enhance the points but they eventually settled back into their soft mode. I'll bet it has terrific drape. Lovely.
I could not get through that book. It gave me the heebie jeebies.
Posted by: Judy | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 08:42 AM
I love that shawl! And the puppy name is absolutely perfect.
Posted by: Carole | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 08:19 AM
Beautiful! I love the color, it really shows off the stitch pattern! Skyy is a perfect name.
Posted by: margene | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 08:17 AM
Gorgeous shawl. But I disagree with the stingray thing. I think it looks like a fiddlehead fern unfurled.
Posted by: Marcy | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 07:39 AM
Great shawl!
Posted by: jessie | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 06:38 AM
Your shawl is just lovely Kim - I love the pattern and especially the color. That's another of my LONG term goals; to spin and knit a beautiful shetland shawl from my own shetland sheep. Ah, Someday.........
Skyy - she's adorable!
Enjoy your weekend -
Debi
Posted by: Debi | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 06:21 AM
Beautiful shawl.
Posted by: Gina | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 02:02 AM
Your shetland is gorgeous! Worthy of thieving :-) I love the color. Glad you stuck with the vodka theme in naming Skyy! She has a beautiful face and seems to be of larger/ stockier confirmation than Cleo.
Posted by: Manise | Saturday, June 02, 2007 at 12:05 AM