Shawl FOs

Well, I thought the new year was going along beautifully, until I got sick again. I went from having a sinus infection that went away and came back again to getting the stomach flu. The flu was awful! And to make it even worse than that, Owen got sick at the same time. Imagine having us both sick and then taking care of Hazel. It's been a few days since the "attack" and I'm still recovering. This really hit us hard! Owen thought it was "romantic" because now we can share our stories of being sick and have someone else understand how gross it all was. Can I get better now? kthxbai!

So, I did manage to get a couple of shawls finished.

I have not decided if I want to keep this for myself yet. I love it, and I love the pattern (even if it was St st and only had 3 rows where action happened) because I could just knit and purl and not have to really pay attention to what I was doing. I guess I'm just not sure about the color on me. I don't have a lot of things that match it.

This was my first attempt at dyeing yarn. I used Wilton's icing dyes and followed these instructions. I started out using the no-taste red and instead of a crimson, it turned a strange pink. So, I added some burgundy and that made it better. I would post pictures of the dyepot, but it looks like I'm cooking intestines, I kid you not! Long story short, I didn't put enough vinegar in the pot and when I rinsed it my hands turned pink, so I cooked the yarn again and it felted a little bit. In hind sight I probably shouldn't have used Malabrigo lace as my first yarn to dye, but oh well, it gave the yarn a fuzzy halo that I kind of like.

Pattern - Citron
Yarn - Malabrigo laceweight



And what would a blog post be without a picture of Hazel???

I never inteded to knit her a shawl when she was this young, but OMG I'm so happy that I did because she looks so cute in it! I used the yarn from a Hazel Knits baby sock kit that I purchased wayyyyy back at Sock Summit. I took the sock with me on TWO vacations and only got to the heel flap of the first sock. Yeah, it took me 5 months and guess what? Hazel grew up too fast and I knew that if I ever finished the socks they would not fit over her toes. After a poll on my facebook I ended up frogging the sock and Tami suggested a few patterns I could use the yarn for. She found a cute bear shawl (rav link) and I would have done that, but the price was 6.00 for a basic mini shawl pattern!!!!!!! So did a search on Ravelry and found this adorable hearts shawl pattern for an American Girl doll. Hazel will soon outgrow this shawl and I"m not even sure if I could keep it on her for very long if I did put it on her, so it will be for her bear.

Pattern - Loving Hearts Shawl
yarn - Hazel Knits sock yarn in Tulip