Pictures! And new stuff!

I have decided that I will put down Marmalade until this weekend, at which point, we will make friends again. In the meantime - I've been working on other smaller projects. I'll show them to you in order of smallness....



First, the Baby Boy Parfait Hat:

Can you stand how cute this thing is? This is another kit that I got years ago - I can't even remember when... but I know I won it at a retreat raffle. Thank god it is small - otherwise I'd go batty making all that i-cord to embellish it. I will admit to being tempted to go out and buy an i-cord maker, but decided against it...

Next up, we got our Sundra yarn sock of the month! Amanda called me at work to tell me it was in her mailbox - so I was excited to get home and see it. When I pulled it out of the box and unwrapped it, I took a deep breath - it is exactly what I needed. On the skein you could see it better - but I just didn't think to take a picture. Beautiful, vibrant colors to chase away the winter blues! Sundra calls it Bird of Paradise:

This is a simple slip stitch ribbing pattern - which right now is the perfect kind of sock knitting for me.

And the other thing I've been working on is the Figure 8 shawl. I'm about at the half way point with this first of two lace panels. I've got the pattern memorized, but it's so going - almost 400 stitches on each row.

I'm getting nervous that this shawl will make me think of mustard and ketchup every time I wear it! But then, I realize that once blocked, will look completely different - and I knit on.

So - there you go - some new and exciting pictures. This week is dragging by SO SLOWLY... I really can't wait for the weekend. Only 2 more days!