So you know how I was going to keep my mom in the dark about her Christmas gift? Yeah, not going to work. Yesterday morning I started freaking out about whether she’s like the color, material, pattern, the entire idea of a shawl. I had her come online and showed her what a finished Tuscany looks like as well as the progress I’ve made on the one in cotton (originally for her) and the other in silk (originally for me). She likes them both which really doesn’t help as I like them both, too. My plan is now to finish them both and let her choose between them. The other will go to Esther. I can always make myself another out of the remaining silk after the holidays are over (using the needle set my mom has promised to buy me for Christmas).
So here’s what the one in cotton is look like about now.
And here’s the one in the silk I got in San Francisco.
I just hope I can get both done in time. Thankfully the silk one won’t really need blocking, just the cotton one (and I can do that while I’m in Florida if need be).
Remember I told you that at small focal lengths there’s a narrow depth of field? These pictures show it. And that’s why I manually focus with that lens…