A cup of tea in a mug MB brought me from Tuscany, Almost French, on loan from Blogless Sara, and the Wedding Shawl. No, I don't normally knit while I read and sip tea, but these are a few of my favorite things this afternoon.
Here's a picture of the shawl on its own. I'm almost finished with repeat 7, which will leave me with about 18 more repeats to do.
What have I learned in my eleven days of lace knitting? Here's a list for you:
1. Don't imagine that you can hold a conversation and keep track of your location on the chart. It will all end with your having to recount stitches.
2. That gets annoying pretty quickly.
3. Supah dupah sharp needles are clutch.
4. Project Spectrum can help make the chart easier to follow.
A little yellow highlighter mixed in with pink tape from a great kitter, and lace knitting is a bit easier.
Tonight is my SnB group, and I'll probably bring Neal's socks to finish (for reals). See list items #1 and #2.
Lovely green for the shawl! Have fun at SnB!
Posted by: Lolly | April 12, 2007 at 03:08 PM
Love!
You're doing great, Bev.
Posted by: Cookie | April 12, 2007 at 03:13 PM
The shawl is coming along nicely. And I hope the book is good since I just ordered it.
Posted by: Mia | April 12, 2007 at 03:19 PM
Your Wedding Shawl is coming along beautiful! It is going to be gorgeous!
Posted by: Marisol | April 12, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Gorgeous! I love the color - one of my favorites. :)
Posted by: Romi | April 12, 2007 at 04:23 PM
You "almost" make me want to knit lace.
Posted by: Ramona | April 12, 2007 at 05:28 PM
That's so beautiful! You're doing a really good job. I can't believe you're getting it done so fast... *wink*
Posted by: cari | April 12, 2007 at 06:55 PM
It's FANTASTIC! You will be able to finish it by the wedding no problem!
Posted by: scout | April 12, 2007 at 07:34 PM
Bev, your shawl is simply divine! I'm trying to score a pair of those fabulous needles too. Have fun at the SnB.
Posted by: Heide | April 12, 2007 at 10:29 PM
Oh that shawl is flying along. I bet it's gorgeous to the touch-it looks like it.
Posted by: kimberly | April 15, 2007 at 01:49 PM
The shawl looks wonderful! The lace knitting tips will be employed at some point in my near future.
Posted by: Gina | April 16, 2007 at 11:34 AM
The wedding shawl is a masterpiece. Keep going!
Great post on JCREW, I love when we share good things on our blogs.
Posted by: kathy b | April 17, 2007 at 09:39 AM
oh my god.. that's a GREAT idea for the chart! Why haven't i EVER seen that done before? I really can't knit from charts.. but as I look at that, maybe I can if I color them in to help separate the sections.
TOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the shawl is looking good too!
Posted by: mia | April 28, 2007 at 08:09 AM