Happy 2010 to you! I kicked off the new year with a soak in the clawfoot and a homemade bath bomb. Eva and I tried making the bombs for gifts this year and were mostly successful. I say mostly because our bombs were not so much round as they were slumpy patty-shaped, but the effect is the same. My new book, The Knitters Book of Wool also came to the tub with me. I love it. It is doing great things to fuel my obsession with someday far from now having sheep. Man, it’s totally possible.
Anyway, if you see the hot pink sheep who made this wool, take a picture for me! This is Ysolda’s Ishbel shawl, done up in pink for my mom. I loved, loved making this, so much so that I think there might need to be another one made for me (but in blue-gray, of course). I still can’t stand the word “shawl”, even though I love the object the word describes. It makes me think of Sunday school outfits from the early eighties. Oddly, I like “Shawlette” much better.
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"Shawlette" sounds like the name of a town said in the accent of the region that town is in!
Beautiful work – love the bunnywool sweater too. Happy New Year!
That is one damn fine piece of knitting.
Hi Dorie,
I’m so glad you have the Knitters Book of Wool. A friend at my weaving and spinning group showed it to me last week and I thought of you and how you would like it.
Could you call the pink knit a neck scarf? I have a couple of lace knit "scarves" or "shawlettes" and love them. I love knitting lace but have to be in my quiet corner all alone with a chart/row keeper. The one you made for your Mom is bright and beautiful. Did she like it?
It was wonderful seeing you and your family. Thank you for your wonderful hospitality!