Rollin' Along

So, Another night's knitting, another chunk of the shawl done. I'm almost finished this section (two more rows to do), and I'm about to start the Lily of the Valley border. Yay!

I'm almost halfway there, so it's still possible I'll finish it by Friday night. I have to do some house chores tonight, though - pay some bills, iron some clothes, wrap my mother's birthday gift, stuff like that. Hopefully, I'll be able to get about another 20 rows done. Hopefully.

Knitting under the Gun

So, I'm going to a wedding on Saturday. I bought a pretty little summer dress in maroon and white to wear to it, no problem.

And then I looked at the forecast for next weekend. A sunny day, sure, but the high is only supposed to be 23 degrees. And I'll be in a dress with little spaghetti straps - I'll freeze! This isn't supposed to happen in Southern Ontario in July.


So the only thing to do is get a little shawl, right? Well, I have shawls in purple, bright red, cream, and copper. I even have a Seasilk shawl in bronze that I just finished knitting as a gift for my mother, and could keep. They all clash with the dress.

So last night, I went to Mary's Yarns, hoping to pick up a skein of white laceweight, or something I could use to make myself a little something. They were closed. Argh. I could not wait another day to start, and have any hope of getting it done.


So, home to dive through my stash it was. I found some Jaggerspun Zephyr in a silver-grey - the stuff I used to make my sister a shawl last year. I found a pattern - the Swallowtail Shawl, and I cast on. I couldn't even go to Stitch'n'Bitch last night to work on it - this is not social knitting. I don't have time to make any mistakes, of any kind.

So far? I'm about 18% done. So every single free moment between now and Friday, I'll have needles in my hands. Hopefully, I can finish it in time to block it Friday night. Any bets?

I just hope the silver looks okay with the dress - the dress itself is out at M's, so I can't even do a comparison. Maybe I'll go pick up a white pashmina as a backup, just in case...