what I'm working on

This picture is already out of date. I took it this noontime and then spent three hours in lines waiting to get immunizations so that I can register for classes this week. Oh joy. At least, as several fellow waiters said to me, at least I had knitting. I got something done, while everyone else just stood around and got irritated. I'm following the pattern for the thistle lace cardigan in the Summer IW. The yarn is Katia Pisco, an Elann purchase. The color is a little too bubblegum for my taste in some lights, so I may try to overdye it when done just to tone it down a little. Or not, we'll see. It is cotton, linen and acrylic and I like the yarn very much. It's soft and the washed swatch I did firms up nicely. If you are freaky about splitting you might not like it, because it has 10 or 12 plies which you can at times separate from each other with the wrong needle move, but I'd work with it again for sure. After this afternoon I may be almost up to the armholes.

This is the shawl I started in Peru when I stalled on the lavender blue baby. The pattern is the Oregon Shawl, you can see an example here. I'm adding some extra row repeats to the center, because my gauge is more nearly square than what the pattern calls for. The yarn is some fine wool that I hand-dyed on my spree in the spring. There are slight variations in the color (note to self--dissovle better, make sure to stir) but not enough to detract from the pattern. The needles by the way are the new (to me) Addi Naturals--I like them.

And a note from last week--surely everyone by now has seen this picture of the knitblogosphere? I love this kind of stuff.