Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Shawl Fever

My Charlotte's Web Shawl is blocking...


I have Summit on the needles ...


and my Aeolian is in temporary hibernation. It seems that I'm hung up on shawls for the time being. I've made two already this year. I love the look of shawls and they are perfect for my office which is always too cold. When I wear one I find that I don't have to run the heater as much.

I made another visit to my favorite online store Webs. I've had the "Best of Lopi for several years so I finally broke down and bought the Lopi to make the sweaters I marked when I first got the book while it is still on sale. Some of this is backordered so I'm not sure if they will hold it or ship. I had to call them today and replace one of the colors since it had been discontinued. These sweaters are part of my plan to start my cold weather knitting now.

Basketball is over but one of my favorite shows is back on tv. I love the Top Chef series and once again it is the masters. It's been over a month since I watched my regular shows which has resulted in a total disruption of my viewing schedule. I was glued to ESPN or CBS with an occasional foray to the SYFY chanel (hate that name).

I'm trying to organize a dye day for the guild. I sent out a survey yesterday so I'm waiting to see how many responses I get. This will be the first time that I've done something like this so I'm trying to make sure that I cover all of the bases. It won't be anytime soon because everything is covered in green pollen. Because we haven't had any rain it is horrendous. I don't recall it ever being this bad. Hopefully the rain that they are predicting will come through.

Time to go rest the shoulder and neck. It's been acting up again so I have to treat it with a little extra tlc.

3 comments:

Monika said...

From what I can see your Charlotte's Web shawl looks wonderful! I have the book with the pattern in it, I might have to gather all my Koigu and have a look. :o)

The Summit shawl looks totally interesting! Last time there wasn't much to look at, but now ....

I haven't watched TV in a long time, because we started to buy shows in DVD sets, and I've just finished watching Mac Gyver. :o)

Acornbud said...

What an interesting knit the Aeolian is. Hope it rains soon to wash away all the pollen.

cici said...

What gorgeous projects. I have always admired Charlotte's Web, and Summit is amazing. I am also a fan of "Top Chef". I am just getting into shawls. I am knitting my first one just now. I am totally loving it♥