I visited the Quilter’s Pleasure Weekend in Cornwall, Ontario on the weekend. It was really nice to see all the amazing quilts. I also had a chance to visit Lorraine of Cottage Craft Angora. She had some really wonderful yarns on display and I walked away with a few skeins of the Buffalo Down yarn to play with. It’s an amazing deep chocolate brown, and softer than you can imagine.
Part 8 of the Spring Shawl Surprise has been knit, and I’ve started on part 9. Part 10 will be released tomorrow morning. I still have no idea what the theme might be, but I really like the various stitches used in the stole.
At this point, the shawl is about 2/3 complete. I should probably measure it…. but I know it’s close to 80 cm wide. The length keeps changing (obviously), so I’m not quite sure how long it is right now. My guess is that I will end up with extra yarn at the end. For the first 8 parts I have only used about 500 yds of angora (also from Cottage Craft Angora).
The Lizard Ridge Afghan is all finished now. It only took me a few minutes to finish the edging (not counting the actual trip to the yarn store and the 2 weeks of just waiting to pick the afghan up again). My son is quite pleased with his new blanket and has used it a lot already.
The Lady Godiva project is also coming along. I think I have unraveled it about 4 times, but I’m finally pleased with the design and all the stitches. Still no pictures to show – that will have to wait for a few more weeks.
The swatch for Mystic Light is finished and I am just putting the finishing touches on the instructions. It will be released in the Yahoo Group on Thursday.
