Finally on the site!

I’ve been lurking until now, reading and admiring everyone’s posts. No more! Here’s my additions for Summer 08:

The Springtime design by Marianne Kinzel. Started June 6th, so it was before the season officially began, but I am definitely working on it in earnest now! This is an easy design, but it does take a fair amount of attention until you get the hang of the pattern repeat. (This is the same pattern the Yarn Harlot did her wedding shawl as).  The yarn is Louisa Harding Angora Pure, which I am pretty sure is the reason the particulate count in my city is so high right now. This yarn is worse than a cattery in shedding season! However, it’s soft as all get-out, so I will wear a light colored shirt and just live with it.

The Casablanca Stole KAL on Yahoo! is going well. I’ve taken a breather from clue #2- I’m just short of halfway through here. I can’t decide if I like where it is going or not, but the color seems to match the stitch variations, so I may keep it even if I don’t like the FO.

Socks for Veronik from the holiday IK. The yarn is a new brand of sock yarn for me, of which the name eludes me at this minute. I’m actually quite farther down on this sock, having just turned the heel last night. The lace is a little tedious on such tiny needles, but it’s working out so far.

Other lace WIPs include Dem Fischer Sin Fru (which I will be knitting on until the day I die, I swear!), the Goddess Knits Anniversary shawl and a newly minted but unphotographed Odessa hat… small enough for a baby. It would appear that the gauge gnomes have been at it again with me!