Chaos

Hi everyone

Yes I am still here

Just sitting in chaos at the moment

D2 and her partner have temporarily moved in with us

D2 has not lived with us for over 10 years and her partner never has

So we have squished 2 homes into 1 at the moment

And squished is a good word for it

There goes our freedom  :-)

I have had a finished project which I have been wanting to show you

But for some reason, I just could not get around to blocking it

And it has a long story to go with it

So grab a cuppa and some nibbles and here I go ....

Once upon a time (smirk) ......

About 6 years ago I started glancing at blogs, particularly knitting ones

I was absolutely astounded at the beautiful work I saw

Particularly when I chanced upon a few who were making lacy shawls with fine ply (2-3)

They were absolutely gorgeous

And a longing started

A huge longing, a craving, a want, a must-have

Yes I can knit

Yes I can do lace

But these shawls usually ended up with well over 300 stitches!!!!

And it was done with such fine yarn!!!!

My memory and patience is just not that great any more

So I kept looking

I found crochet blogs with just as amazing shawls

But I was not confident with my crochet skills

Granny squares were my limit

And I had to make the grey matter work to remember them

And then came Ravelry

I heard so much about it right from the beginning

I heard about the 'oh-so-long' wait to join

But that changed and yes it was wonderful!!!

Ever since I joined Ravelry, I have browsed and queued so many shawls - knitted and crocheted

I could not help myself

But no, nothing was started

And then only recently, from out of nowhere, I found a pattern - I loved the look, I think I could do it, I even had stash that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the pattern

Now to add another quirky thing

I have always had a fascination with leaves in knitting projects

The first project I made for my babies was 2 small blanket with leaves as the feature (sorry I can't find a photo to date, but I'm still looking)

Do do you remember this?

This project took me a while to do

Memory lapses ensured that I frogged it a lot

Even with a very easy pattern

So glad I chose a crochet pattern and not a knitting pattern

It would have ended up totally frogged  ;-)

And here it is ...

Am I the only one or can you all see those pretty leaves?

Leafy Lime

Now it is not fully blocked, not too sure exactly how to as it is made with cotton.

It has had a light steam block

Haven't worn it yet, so you will have to wait for those photos

But it sits lovely with the shaping at the top

It's light and delicate and semi-soft

Now to find a shawl pin!!!

Details here

The pattern is called 'Small Talk Shawl'

It is a beautiful, simple pattern repeat

I can already see this in autumn shades in a heavier weight wool, maybe something slightly silky .... mmmm

BTW - I should mention that hubby's team has made it to the Grand Finals

So another weekend spent on the side of a cricket oval

And another project to find

A very, very, very, very simple one this time - my concentration may not be on my fingers  :-)