So, I received the mock-up of my wedding dress last week and I finally decided on a shawl to knit to go with it. I’m going to be making the Peacock Feathers Shawl from Fiddlesticks Knitting in Jagger Spun Zephyr yarn. I ordered myself the pattern and yarn yesterday (my birthday). I also went to Uncommon Threads for their big sale and bought too much yarn, but that’s another story.

First you have Ginger Rogers in the dress, dancing with Fred Astaire in the movie Swingtime. Then you have the front and back of my dress mock-up. Last is the shawl. I’m going to knit it in white. I can’t wait for the pattern and yarn to get here! I have about 5 1/2 months to go!

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This is the first sweater I ever made. I finished it in September 2005. I used Lion Brand Microspun on size 6 needles. The free pattern is by Grumperina from the August 2005 issue of MagKnits and can be found here.

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Here’s the third sweater I made, the Experimental Raglan, in better lighting. You can see details about yarn, etc. in this post.

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Here’s the second sweater I made, Fairly-Easy Fair-Isle: closed, open, and from the back. This sweater is from Stitch n’ Bitch Nation by Debbie Stoller. It’s called the Fairly Easy Fair Isle. I chose very different colors and used Crystal Palace Iceland yarn, a bulky icelandic wool which I got at 40% off. I used size 10 1/2 needles. I finished this sweater in October 2005. It is very warm - good for wearing while walking the dogs at night and in the morning.

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I’ve been making some progress on my cabled zippered cardigan back.
Here you can see some pictures of what it should look like when it’s done. It’s from Debbie Bliss’s Cottons for All Seasons. More about the sweater can be seen in my first post here.

Also, I’m slowly making progress on Sandra’s farrow rib scarf. More info. here.

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First off, you can see I finished the purple and cream shawl for my mom on Wednesday. You can see details about it and Siena sitting on it here.

Then we have some older projects: a scarf for my mom, a scarf for my dad, and a hat for my dad.

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First off, you can see I finished the purple and cream shawl for my mom on Wednesday. You can see details about it and Siena sitting on it here.

Then we have some older projects: a scarf for my mom, a scarf for my dad, and a hat for my dad.

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First off, you can see I finished the purple and cream shawl for my mom on Wednesday. You can see details about it and Siena sitting on it here.

Then we have some older projects: a scarf for my mom, a scarf for my dad, and a hat for my dad.

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For those who are interested, this is the yarn I washed on the bottom of the picture, re-wound into a ball, while the unwashed cone is on the top of the picture. And then there is a close-up of the unwashed yarn on top and the washed yarn on the bottom. It fluffs up a lot, but it’s still quite thin after washing.

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Here are some finished pictures of Stefan and Viviane in their felted monster slippers! And Stefan in his crazy hat! The pre-felting pictures can be seen here. I hope to get a closer picture of the finished slippers from Stefan one of these days…

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