I have made progress and am past the halfway point on my Alpine Lace shawl. I still like the pattern, the yarn, the stitchmarkers, and the Julip bag. Very much.
The shawl is bit more red-purple than it is coming across in this picture, but I like it anyway. My clematis came back this year too, so I had to pose the shawl with it. I’m terribly excited, waiting for it to blossom. I already have buds.
Just to show you what has kept me occupied instead of finishing my shawl, here is a picture of the first NHM #9 mitten from Terri Shea’s Selbuvotter. It’s a lovely pattern and working up fantastically in the Apple Laine Apple Pie in dark chocolate and cornflower blue that I bought from the Loopy Ewe a while back.
I did royally screw up the back of the thumb (palm side), but I decided that I didn’t care, because it gave it character. I’m not even sure that I’ll wear these mittens. I’m not much of a mitten person really, but I wanted to knit this pair. The pattern was just too pretty to pass by.
Finally, a new picture of the bleeding hearts so that you can see how much they’ve changed in three days. I took the original photos on Monday and these today. Amazing isn’t it?
I’m all about the mittens and that book is on my wishlist….yours are beautiful!
Hmm, is this another trick to get me to comment?
I love the mittens, especially the color combination. And since I gave up on my Alpine Lace Shawl in despair a while back, I can’t wait to see how gorgeous yours is!
I love the color of your shawl. What yarn and colorway are you using?
Your shawl is beautiful and the mitten looks great too. I wish I had more of a green thumb, cuz those bleeding hearts are really cool!
Everything is so pretty from the shawl to the flowers. Lurve that purrrrrple.