Ah, August: that beautiful month when summer colds aren't even as bad as it gets, upheaval-wise; HPKCHC is on break between terms; and everyone seems to be talking about Ben Affleck as Batman (I don't
dislike him, I just nothing him).
Here's my only active WIP!
It's a laceweight alpaca cowl... I will banish this menace from my stash once and for all:
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| Mama, please say you'll take this off my hands soon |
Pretty, huh? The beads are leftover from Evenstar and I think they look like tiny dewdrops.
Here's a random photo!
This is right before and right after grafting the closure of Evenstar's knitted-on edging:
Cool, huh? I forgot I had it while writing the FO post, but there's no image police on this blog, so you'll get it now and you'll like it! The color values are off thanks to differences in lighting: Photo 1 was midday, directly under a skylight; Photo 2 was late at night with indirect lighting from a floor lamp in a mustard-colored room.
Here's a swatch!
Imma make a blanket soon and this yarn is great, yo:
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| Cascade 220 Superwash Paints in colorway 9885 Jade |
Intriguing, huh? It's center-out circular! It's not modular! Which means it's as close to shawl-like as I'm going to get while ending up with a non-shawl FO.
Today I was home from work with a sick kid, so I got to take that three-hour nap
I desperately needed several months ago. I have a test knit in the can
I'll be sharing with you next month and
so. many. plans for September, I
can't keep track of them all... but Ms. Spreadsheet knows it's not for lack of trying.
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