Thats some tricky stuff.

Have you ever tried to photograph a triangle shawl in progress? Could you get it to look like something other than a pile of yarn barf without taking it off the needles? Not me.

Here are the best of the beauty shots of the garter stitch shawl from yesterday. Consider them the before shots like one of those extreme makeover style tv shows. Eventually the thing will be free of the needles, blocked and hopefully far more attractive than the puddle of yarn you will now witness.

See? Thats totally a puddle of yarn. I can't even tell what that is and I was the one who took the photo. All bow before my superior photographic abilities!

Oh, now check this next one out. You can almost tell that its knitting. Yep, and see? there are some random yarn overs that make it look all fancy on the edge there. That's good stuff. Yes, I think I am almost seeing knitting here.
And finally, we have the more distant blob shot. Still looks like a puddle of yarn in a sea of mustard. The extreme blocking glamour shots will be available just in time for May sweeps. Gotta keep the ratings up. Otherwise we might get canceled. That would be tragic.

Handspun Garter Stitch Shawls are Like the Crack Rock.

Garter stitch shawls are like the new knitters crack rock. They are the kryptonite to my Superman, and the poprocks in my coca cola. and I admit that I am fully addicted and powerless to stop. They are my new(est) secret weakness.

Yes, I started another one. I promised myself that I wouldn't start any new projects until after I got back from Peru, but I just couldn't wait. It was the ball winding that was my downfall. I decided to use the gap of non-knitting time to wind up balls of hand spun from skeins so they would be ready to go when I got back and dagnabit! My fingers got itchy, I started to sweat...and like 5 minutes later I was a fallen knitter. I cast on that puppy and there was no looking back.

But its sooooo pretty! Rustic and happy. And warm. Did I mention that I'm sure it will be warm?

I said to myself : "Self, ( you have to call yourself something when its gets all "third person" up in your head, and sometimes I don't think I know myself well enough to be on a first name basis) You gots to have some sort of project going so you have something to keep you busy at break time at work. And good heavens! What would happen if you didn't have bus knitting?It would get really ugly really fast."

Oh, and the yarn is fantastic. It's that CJ Kopek Creations"Scotch" 70/30 alpaca merino blend that Sistagenius got me for Christmas and I blogged about a million years ago (or back in January). Pics to come later, as usual.

love and kisses,
Skeingenius