And lots of it! The shawl yarn arrived yesterday, completely soaked through. I obviously couldn’t leave them in balls, so I skeined them.

I ordered them from Knit-Purl because she sold the yarn by the gram. I ordered 190g for each shawl. However, this system doesn’t really work the way you’d expect. They get the yarn in balls, and they pick balls to fit your order as closely as possible. I ended up with 260g, and 300g, equaling a bill $20 higher than initially anticipated. Luckily, this is not such a problem for me this month, but I really wish they’d have contacted me directly before sending it out, apologising for it not being exactly what I wanted and charging me anyway. I got a nice handwritten note though, which minimised the blow. It’s just something to be aware of. I don’t blame them for the wet yarn at all. The mail system can rot in hell for that one.

Just some closeups of the colours:

I love the rustic quality of this yarn. It’s slightly rough to the touch, but it definitely softened after a rinse with some vinegar and Soak.

I also have a February Baby Sweater:

This was really a lot of fun. The Gull Lace pattern was easy to remember, and worked up really quickly. I liked the way it was constructed as well. This is made out of EXACTLY two skeins of Baby Cashmerino in Duksy Lavender, on 3.75mm/US5 needles. There is a whole ball of yarn left over, as well as a ball of darker lavender that I may use for some accessories.

I also have been working on Manon:

This is a fun knit. It works up quickly, despite the Moss stitch (or double-moss stitch, depending on where you live), and is suitably exciting to make you want to keep going. You can see the left side is mid-row (yes, I was too impulsive to take the picture before finishing the row), but is about two inches in. The yarn is strokable and yummy, and I really love the shade of green that it is. (It’s Valley Yarns Colrain in Grey Olive.) Once the left side of the peplum is done, there’s just the stockinette on top and it’ll be done! I’m definitely aiming for this to be an empire waist cardigan at this point. I’m concerned that it was unwise to make a larger size for the bottom now. It’s going to be very drapey, in any case. I don’t think it’d be worth making a smaller size at this point, but the top will be a smaller size. I was really concerned with the fit around the bottom area, since that’s were I’m largest. We’ll see how this little experiment turns out!