The Vacation Diaries 8/6/15

The tunic is finished (Hallelujah!). I still need to block it and run it through the wash at least once to soften up the linen, but it's all seamed together and woven in and looking fine. My mum loves it. She already wants me to knit her a sweater.

I need to have a photographer friend, I swear.

That's the reason I now own the book above. knit, Swirl! by Sandra McIver is full of patterns for "One Piece, One Seam Swirl Jackets." Mum wants one and I have plans for Christmas.

The yarn in the photo has nothing to do with those plans. It is the ultimately soft 50 Shades of Gradient by The Fibre Studio. Approximately 560 yards of 100% Superwash Merino in Mallard. The picture doesn't do the colors justice.

Instead of waiting to get home to my Knit Picks' Shadow Lace and the Travelling Woman, I've started Judy Marples's East Gable Shawl. Never mind that I should probably work on the Best Friend Scarf sitting on my end table. That's one of the projects to work on when there isn't pretty gradient yarn to knit with. Plus, I'm sick of CotLin -- my last two projects have used that yarn.

Anyway, the point is I'm cheating on the scarf with a beautiful fingering-weight shawl. I know you've all done it, you have no right to judge.