Finished items

We got the internet connection at home fixed so here are pictures of what I finished recently.

The Owl Babies sweater: The pattern designed by Penny Striker calls for little buttons for the owl eyes, but that sounded like a choking hazard, so my sister embroidered them in.


The Baby Blocks blanket: The pattern is published in the novel "The Shop on Blossom Street" by Debbie Macomber. It is a good novel about four women and a yarn store.
Mystery Stole 2: Here it is after clue 3. I have now undone the provisional cast-on and started knitting in the other direction.

The Icarus Shawl:
Pattern: Icarus Shawl, with 1 extra repeat of chart 1.
Pattern source: Interweave knits Summer 2006
Yarn: KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud in Iris, 2 1/2 balls
Needles: US size 3, Inox Express
Knitting time: 2 months
Finished size: about 2 yards wide and 1 yard to the point. (the pink piece in the picture is a yard stick)

Finished shawl

I finished the Icarus shawl tuesday night and blocked it last night. I have no picture to post since I currently have no internet access at home. (We think the modem died and TimeWarner can't get a service visit until tomorrow. We have been without internet since Sunday evening.) I ordered the KnitPicks Options needles and more of the Alpaca cloud in Moss. I am continuing on the Mystery Stole 2 and will be starting a sweater project this weekend as well, so no new lace work for a while.

Icarus Shawl

Last night I finished the 4th chart of the Icarus shawl. I now have 4 rows and the BO left to go!!!! I have set the Mystery Stole 2 aside as I finish Icarus, but I might do some rows on that tonight.

Vacation Knitting

Now that I am back from vacation and partially recovered (we have unpacked everything) I have pictures of the knitting I did.

First the Icarus shawl: I have just started chart 4 after working an extra repeat of the pattern in chart 1 to make the shawl bigger. I believe I have over 400 stitches on the needles right now. The first picture is a close-up of the center of the shawl and the second is a picture of the messy lump of string that is the shawl.

Second the Mystery Stole 2: I have finished clue 1 in the first direction. I plan to wait to go the other direction until I have knit clue 2. I hope this will keep me from getting confused as to whick set of needles I am currently required to use.

Third the Baby blocks blanket: I finished it while on the road and gave it to my sister before taking a picture of the FO. It ended up being square.

Fourth the Dancing Jig socks: I got about 7 rounds done. Not much progress, but I was trying to get the Icarus shawl done because I need the needle to work the other side of the MS2.

Vacation

Last week I was in a tent in WV camping. It was nice 2 days then it started raining. We ended up cutting the trip 1 day short and go to my sister's house early. I finished the baby blocks blanket and I have gotten to chart 3 of the Icarus shawl. The first clue for the mystery stole got posted this morning, so after we get done making the birthday cake my sister and I will get started on clue 1. We cheated and did the provisional cast-on last night.