The scarf, Diamond Fantasy, modeled by Rebecca, is from Sivia Harding Knits. The yarn is Claudia hand painted merino wool in a fingering weight on size 5 (US) bamboo needles. It was SO SOFT to work with and I am sure that knitting my first lace project with a fingering weight was way easier than knitting with a lace weight. It also only took me a mere 8 months to complete it. I cast off on election day, November 7, giving me lots to celebrate!!!With this project I learned about blocking. I found out it really wasn't too hard once I quit reading about it and tried it. And I did it without the fancy blocking wires that Knitpicks sells and I kept thinking I would purchase and try.
I also finished some socks from a Nancy Bush Knitting on the Road KAL. These were the July/ August socks that I finished at the end of October. They were done in a Mountain Colors, Mountain Goat, Sagebrush. It is a wool, mohair blend. I love these socks except they are thick and do not fit well with most of my shoes.SO now on to some Christmas gifts: long-promised socks for my sister and a silk/mohair scarf for a friend. I am also knitting socks for John and I think he's resigned to receiving them after Christmas. Some day maybe I'll be a fast knitter.
