Sleepy Lisa.

I thought I had just recently posted, but apparently that was 20 days ago. Doh! Since the beginning of June, I’ve completed two knitting projects.

The first was a lace shawl for Gord’s grandma - my grandma-in-law. Grandma was headed into the hospital for surgery and since she lives in Canada with the rest of my husband’s family, I thought it would be nice to knit her a shawl so that she knew we were thinking of her. I picked out the Arctic Diamonds Stole from IK Winter 2006 and chose the Socks that Rock Lightweight in Lover’s Leap (reddish-hot pink colored yarn) from Blue Moon Fiber Arts. Now, I know that Blue Moon hand-paints their yarns, but in general, when you order several skeins of one color, you expect them to come from the same dye lot. What a surprise when I received my order in the mail and found 3 different dye lots. Two were very similar, but the third was way off. Unfortunately, I simply did not have the time to send them back, so I did the best I could. I put the two lighter skeins on the outside edges and the darker skein in the middle. That way, if she wears the stole around her neck, the front pieces match pretty closely.

I managed to knit this stole in less than two weeks - it helps to have a deadline, and two seasons of “Kathy Griffin - My Life on the D-List” to watch. I had just enough time to wash the shawl (massive amounts of dye released from the yarn - washing in vinegar helped much), block it, and FedEx it overnight to Canada. Gord’s parents couriered it over just in time. Hooray.

Project #2: I had the tiniest bit of Socks that Rock yarn leftover and decided that Dagmar the Viking Baby (aka Fetus Fischer) needed a Viking Baby Cap. After reading and seeing photos of this baby cap on Adrian’s blog, I knew it would be perfect. I used up the remaining Socks that Rock and some leftover Koigu KPPPM from my Charlotte’s web shawl. I wish I had a baby to model it for me. I’ll just have to wait til September…

Next up: Anastasia Socks for the Summer of Socks knitalong.