{"id":665,"date":"2011-07-10T23:31:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T03:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=665"},"modified":"2011-07-10T23:32:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T03:32:26","slug":"665","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"Shawls for Smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you might remember a few posts back I talked about spending the day with my friend Vhary. We went to St John the Divine and had lunch and went yarn shopping, and Vhary asked me if I would knit her something if she got herself some yarn. <\/p>\n

Well, why not? Especially when Vhary has such good taste:<\/p>\n

\"Malabrigo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is Malabrigo Sock in Indecita, which is really lovely. I understand now why it’s so popular. I took the yarn home with me and wound it, and picked out a pattern (Charlize by Vanessa Smith<\/a> [rav link]) that seemed to meet Vhary’s requests: lots of lace, and long, almost more scarf than shawl. <\/p>\n

I cast on on the train home from work a few days later:<\/p>\n

\"2011-06-06_07-29-14_804\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and knit during commutes and on lunch break and at home:<\/p>\n

\"Work<\/a><\/p>\n

(that’s the tail end of a lunch break, with my tea and chocolate, mmm) and then Vhary emailed and said she was going to be in town for a few days last week and would I like to meet for dinner? So I quickly blocked the finished object, and wrapped it up carefully and brought it with me and gave it to her after we had a lovely tea at Alice’s<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Vhary did this:<\/p>\n

\"Examination\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and then she did this:<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a><\/p>\n

and that is why I love her. Reactions like that mean I’ll knit for you any time, Vhary darling, just say the word.<\/p>\n

So that was one of my mystery projects. I have two more that I am working on now, along with a Featherweight and socks that are kind of being ignored more often than not, and today I got more<\/i> yarn for more<\/i> mystery projects:<\/p>\n

\"Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s just say there are a lot of squares in my future. And thank goodness for Lion Brand’s wonderful discounts, because I walked out of there with a bag of 30 skeins(!). There is not enough time to knit all of my yarn, people. This knitting stuff is serious business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So you might remember a few posts back I talked about spending the day with my friend Vhary. We went to St John the Divine and had lunch and went yarn shopping, and Vhary asked me if I would knit her something if she got herself some yarn. Well, why not? Especially when Vhary has … <\/p>\n

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