Peacock surgery

Darn... Just when i promised not to make any more mistakes...

quick...

i want to finish completing these forms as soon as possible, so i can go back to my knitting. 

1 litre of tears

My 1kg of fibers is here!!!!!

Thanks a lot lot lot lot to Lynne who had brought me all these delicacies straight from UK!

I have bought....

White corriedale

Black jacob

Grey norwegian (really smelly! It's like freshly sheared from dear sheep)

Shetland aubergine dyed

Black golden bamboo

Natural soybean

Merino - bamboo - soybean

Blue faced leicester - silk

Flax/linen bleached

Mhuuuehehehehehehhehehehehe....

So happy!

Top - bottom: bamboo, soy, flax

L-R : merino bamboo soy, jacob, blue faced leicester - silk

L-R: aubergine shetland, norwegian, corriedale

What to make

While thinking what would be my next project, i am cleaning up my wips.

Still remember this cowl?

Yep, i am trying to finish that one. It's still almost 1 ball of yarn away from finishing. I wonder what made me knit it so long. I am guessing that the needle i used is just too small, so it makes my hands easily tired.

And then, this shawl. I am 2 rows from finishing, but i dont think i will have enough yarn to bind off. So how then? Rip?

I think my next project will use my first handspun. Lace to fingerweight (ahem, inconsistency), i think i can make up to 500 meterish before finishing the 100 grams. I am wondering whether i should finish spinning the whole 100 grams or just stop in the middle and spin again later when i need it. I know the risk of using singles, but my beautiful tiong bahru was knitted from a single handspun, and i love it. 

In fact... In order to prep myself in making the yarn for the first handspun knit, i went out (while feeling ill) just to buy a thermometer. Fun? Indeed! Lucky that i dont need to dye the yarn. Maybe later for my lovely coming soon fiber, i can try to soak-finishing and dye-ing at the same time. Oh i am so giddy!

So, what should i do with my first handspun? I was thingking alohura, but then, swallowtail keeps haunting me and i just want to redo it, because the last time i made it, i used a dk weight yarn. Looks ugly and it can only temporarily blocked. 500 meters should do. Right?

Distantly - damn, it curls back...

Blame the acrylics...

Distantly - on my blocking mat

I finally finished knitting the shawl! Since i came back a bit early (10 pm is early), i decided to block right away....

Last night, it was like this:

And i became indecisive, and changed the edgings to be like this:

Personally, i think the latest one looks more grandeur. Dont you think? :D

Katu - finished!

Finally i am done! Went to see kessa last weekend and showed her the shawl...

Easy knit and also easy to modify... Good for beginner who wants to play around with short row techniques.