Shawl is all done...

Finally after 6 months of knitting on this baby shawl it is all done. I finished casting off last night, wrapped it in a pillow case and put it through the gentle cycle on the washing machine. It is now spread out on the dining table drying. It looks beautiful. It was still looking pretty much like a big blob early Wednesday night while still casting-off, but it soon began to look like the beautiful piece of work it is.

It is knitted in 3ply pure wool by Shepherd (machine washable) on 3.25mm needles. I used circular needles throughout and ended up on a 1.5 metre long circular. Even though it was taking over 2 hours each row for the last 20 odd rows or so (over 2,231 stitches), it was still an enjoyable knit, especially when it is going to my grand-daughter.

I told her parents last night that I want to know the second they are even thinking about having another baby so I can get started on a baby shawl for that baby. I plan to knit one for every grand child, whether it be one or how ever many I end up with.

Now I am onto the blanket that #2 son sent yarn over for me to knit for the baby, this is just a plain stocking stitch knit (he wanted something that she could use for a while to come). Will be all caught up when that is done, well except for WIP's and all my stash.

Still going....

I am still going on the baby shawl. Only 22 rows to go. I am having a flexi day off work tomorrow and hope to get atleast 10 rows done. Each week I make a commitment to finish by the end of that week, then the week comes and the week goes, so my new commitment is to have it finished, washed, blocked and ready to go out for a visit to SNB next Saturday (end of August). Then I can let grand-daughter have it to keep her warm for the last few weeks of winter, which it turning pretty cold now and will probably be cold enough for a couple more months to get some use of it.

Hearts all around

I have knitted grand-daughter a beanie and mittens which I didn't take photos of as #1 son has taken over the camera, thank goodness for digital cameras. We will have thousands of photos of the baby.

This beanie I did manage to get the camera back for a moment to get a photo. It is in the same colour as the other beanie and mittens, it has hearts in two levels all around the beanie. It is knitting in Shepherd 4ply pure wool.