When last we checked, I was happily settled in the warm weather, swimming and toasting my backside. There was knitting being done and I actually finished the brioche shawl and the gradient one. Unfortunately, I didn't have room in my suitcase to bring them home, so they remain in the desert. They both came out nicely, despite my ineptness at the brioche section of the first shawl. The brioche itself isn't hard but I couldn't quite get the ends of the rows done right. It looked okay in the end, though. I'm still working on Russell Street, and it's progressing nicely through the colorful mini skeins. There are going to be a whole bunch of ends to weave in, and lots of picking up of stitches. Hopefully it will be worth it in the end. I started another shawl, Kimba , by Ambah O'Brien. She had a coupon code for some of her patterns so I bought a few. I'm doing the small size of this one as I'm not a fan of huge shawls usually. I like t
It's a good day when yarn comes in the mail....