I went ahead and ordered The Garden Shawl. Although I'm sure the yarn it's written for is lovely, I had my heart set on making another shawl out of Jaggerspun Zephyr wool/silk, so I ordered the yarn and pattern separately, instead of the kit. I'm doing it in sage green. I had done my Forest Path Stole in this yarn in lilac, and I completely fell in love with the it. It has a gorgeous sheen and is very soft.
While I'm waiting, I figured I'd resurrect yet another lace UFO, so I pulled out the Feather and Fan shawl from A Gathering of Lace. Someone pointed out in my comments the insanity of these circular shawls, how they start with just a few stitches, and soon you have hundreds per round. I keep telling myself not to start anymore of these projects, because I inevitably hit a wall when each round takes me 15 minutes or more to complete. But I can't help myself. The good news is, when I returned to the Feather and Fan shawl (which if my arithmetic is correct now has about 1000 stitches per round), it actually didn't seem so bad. I must be nuts.
The bad news is, I ran out of yarn. I knew this was imminent, and was planning to either make the shawl smaller or finish it off with another color. As I was knitting away with the remaining yarn, inspiration struck: my friend Cristina bought the same yarn, in the same color, when she was visiting me from Maine a couple years ago, around the same time I bought my yarn, at the same store where I got mine. I figured I'd call her later that day and ask her if she had any left over that she might like to send me. Lo and behold, 10 minutes later, she called me! The really uncanny thing is, this happens to us frequently: we usually go months without speaking, but as soon as I start thinking about calling her, she calls me. Not always so quickly, but nearly always the same week. I love stuff like that.
She told me that she stopped working on the shawl she was making out of hers, might never return to it, and would love to see the yarn go to good use. Yay!
Meanwhile, I have no lace to knit. But that's probably for the best - I'm working on a finishing project for pay, which is due this week. Mark my words: I'm not taking any more finishing jobs. It's just no fun to finish other people's knitting! And I've decided the money's not worth it.
OOH! I think that's synchronicity in action Alison!
Posted by: Ellen | June 02, 2004 at 12:13 PM
Alison, That shawl is beautiful. Wonder if Lisa knows about it.
Posted by: Dympna | June 03, 2004 at 03:57 AM
Those kind of "coincidences" are the spice of life. I lost an earring recently...do you suppose your psychic powers extend far enough to help me find it? :)
Posted by: Sharon | June 07, 2004 at 11:57 AM