needles & vectors

There’s one problem with spinning the Wheel of FOs: not all of the projects on my list are actually FOs. I edited my orignal post to move all of the non-FOs to the bottom. While many could become FOs in less than a day, I can’t exactly work to finish any of them before tomorrow night. So, I must cheat a little and straight-out pick the first FO. (Thanks to Beth who spun the wheel for me when there were still 16 options with the result of project 13 – Ishbel #3. It’ll get blocked ASAP so I can take photos and post about it here.)

I blame Jocelyn. This Spring she made a gorgeous blue Andromeda shawl for herself and ever since I saw hers, I wanted to make one. I snagged some super cheap Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Merino mill ends at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in early May and started on this almost instantly. Despite the fact it was started just before my final exams, I managed to finish it in under two weeks. Not bad for my second shawl ever (my first, Tuscany, took four false-starts and three months on and off).

This is the first of seven lace shawls I made at the beginning of the summer for my husband’s mom and aunts – to be referred to in the future as the Aunt Shawl Project. Its recipient was Lucy, mother of Jeremy and Alison, mother in law of Maegan, and grandmother to Izzy, all of whom I’ve probably mentioned here before. It came as a total surprise to her – especially since I gifted it on the afternoon of her granddaughter’s first birthday party.

Project Ratings
Yarn/Pattern Combination: 10
Execution: 7 (dropped one stitch I didn’t notice until blocking, didn’t knit on nearly large enough needle)
Pattern – Overall: 9
- Instructions: 9
- Finishing: N/A
- Stitch pattern(s): 10
- Interestingness: 9
- Desire to remake: 8 (though I probably wouldn’t do the “points” again – I’m generally not a fan of them)

I was remiss in getting a photo of Lucy wearing it – though I hope to get one in the future – so he’s a photo of it being knit then blocked. And a bonus photo of Izzy – she is Lucy’s granddaughter – attempting to eat her birthday cake.