A Little Catching Up

The first WIP Contest bag is finished and ready to be mailed tomorrow:Janet has also reached 10, and her bag is cut out but not yet embroidered. Still, I'm progressing!

The Fir Cone shawl got most of the attention this weekend, and I have turned the first corner:

I don't know if it's the slightly heavier yarn--or just the fact that there is so much less edging than there was on the Lady's Circular Cape--but this one is just flying along. Or it could simply be--child that I am--that it is not the project I am supposed to be working on, which of course makes it ten times more interesting than it would otherwise be. I am on to this immature streak in my character, and have designated vacuuming as quite off limits in hopes of inspiring myself. It's been 5 days so far, and as of yet I haven't felt even the slightest desire to clean, but I'm still hopeful...

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Mandy said…
The shawl looks so wonderfully cosy. What a lovely design.
September 14, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Janet said…
It's gorgeous. Keep up the pace and you will be done. And isn't it always the way, we like to do the things we are not supposed to be doing, hehe. Ah well, what is a little vacumming, compared to getting some lace edging finished? Lace edging wins hands down in my household.
Janet
September 14, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Daniele said…
What IS vacuuming anyway? Don't you have a husband for that? ;) Totally overrated I say!

Lovely shawl..... I'm really thinking of getting the pattern for that. Enabler Toni!
September 15, 2008 at 1:28 PM
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