Lack of posts

There has been a lack of posts lately and this is mostly because there has been a lack of photos lately.  Since I last blogged, I've managed to finish 4 projects.  Well, in all fairness, I finished 3 over the last 3 days (went on a "finishing-bing").  And I even managed to take a picture of one of those projects:

Behold!  My gorgeous Ulmus shawl, made from the last two Blue Moon club kits from last year.  This is my third blocked project (the second is one of those yet to be photographed).

I'm extremely pleased with my color choices.  And I will be posting pictures of me wearing the shawl soon.

Summer Tank

I started the Soleil Tank last May but put it aside probably when i started working on the Aeolian shawl.  Last week I joined a Ravelry group dedicated to finishing the UFO's and they have lots of fun knitters on the group and they are very encouraging.  I pulled out the Tank from it's bag, fluffed it out and figured out where i was in the pattern.  Once i did, i realize just how close i was to finishing - within 3 days i had the thing completed!

Here are some pictures of it unblocked:

The pictures aren't fantastic because of the harsh light but i'll be putting up more pictures when it has been blocked anyway.

This sweater qualifies for 1 of 2 sweaters to be knit up for this year's resolution.

Finally, another post!

Well, I've finished a couple of things so I finally have something to share.  First of all, I finally blocked something - my Persian Damson.

Unblocked:

Blocked:

Pictures of me wearing it are pending.  I have to find the combination of the following ingredients: Shawl, Camera, Light, Person to take picture, Me.

I also finished grandma's blanket.  I used the scallop edging Ruth used on her blanket.  The whole blanket is just small washcloths that have been crocheted together and then the border added.

WIP Control

Oooh the WIPs are getting extremely out of hand! I've got way to many things going and nothing finishing!

The oldest WIP of all is, of course, the blanket which is going to be about a year old soon. It is almost done, 6 out of 10 strips have been sewn. Once the strips are done, they will have to be sewn to each other and finally the border. I'm concerned about running out of yarn for the edge; fortunately, I received a very generous gift certificate to Knitpicks for my birthday so I can order more if need be.



A couple of the newer WIPs are the recently started scarves:

Cashmere Leaves - being knit with the cashmere I purchased at Rhinebeck.



OFA Scarf - this is stash yarn, the bamboo yarn that i'd gotten in hopes of knitting an accessory scarf but honestly, who knits accessories in such a drab color! I'm also holding a strand of some sock yarn from Sunshine Yarns along with it to give it a beautiful splash of color.



Then there is of course the Aeolian Shawl, such a beautiful shawl but it has taken a back seat lately because of the blanket and all the spinning.



There is also the Aran sweater which has gone through a couple of transformations. First I was going to do the St. Brigid pattern by Alice Starmore but decided against it after MANY iterations of it failed. Then the yarn was stashed out of spite. I found an Aran Sweater pattern on the Lion Brand site and am considering it. The other option is to do the Wash's Sweater with this yarn but I need to check the yarn requirements and such for that pattern.

There is also the sample sock for the shop which I've actually made a bit of progress on. Though, I don't think i want to be devoting a majority of my crafting time to the sample knitting as I've got the overwhelming stash/lack of space issue to be worrying about.