Wisps of Wool

I finished the Alpine Lace shawl/scarf from VLT last night. I really wasn’t sure that I was going to have enough yarn. In the end, I omitted one plain knit row from the edging to ensure that I could bind off. If my cast on hadn’t had such a long tail, I think I could have knit the last row AND bound off. Such is life.

I took a few artistic shots of the blocked shawl on my lovely Japanese Maple Tree. I don’t know which variety it is, but it has the sweetest feathery leaves that are soft and wispy in the spring.

At the end, I let it drift against the sidewalk like it was an after thought to some young woman’s evening, forgotten but still lovely as it spread along the cement.

Sometimes I make up the strangest little stories about my handknits.