We are headed to the beach for a few days. YAY! The beach knitting is ready to go.
My mom requested brown and heavy for a shawl. Much as I want to make her happy, I can’t knit a rug when I was planning to knit lace. My compromise is that I will knit something with a dk-weight, not make too many holes in it, and find something in the brown/tan family that I can look at. An important requirement is easy washability, but I wanted mostly wool. I spent time at Uniquities after mulling over several possibilities. I came home with this:
and also some Lamb’s Pride Superwash. I started swatching with two strands held together. When I liked what I had, I used the ball winder and now I have this very portable little project:
The yarn repeats cover my horizontal rows nicely, the solid yarns match perfectly with the Trekking, and I have a dk weight. Mom’s birthday is not until October so I will have a great headstart on her gift. Bonus, the weather will not be too sticky for knitting outdoors.
This is probably not going to the beach:
I hope to finish up the back today. I started armhole shaping last night. I ripped out the entire back after my last photo because I hated the stockinette that was between the ribbing and the main pattern. I also knit two rows yesterday morning while I was waiting for the coffee to be ready and did not find my pre-caffeine mistake until many rows later. dang.
