It seems like I’m just starting one new project after another this year. The newest project is one that I won’t be sharing fully with you until it’s finished. Not because it’s a gift or stealth knitting, but because it’s a part of a mystery KAL and we’ve been asked not to post pictures of the WIP until after the last clue has been released.
Now, while I suspect that the main request meant “don’t post on Ravelry”, I’m going to be linking my blog posts to Rav, and so don’t want to show too much here. However, I can show you this much:
It’s the yarn and beads I’m using for the shawl. And the pattern is the Susanna IC January mystery shawl KAL.
I also started a scarf for my niece. It’s knit on US10.5 needles, so goes pretty quickly – when I work on it. But since I’ve gotten seduced by the lace alpaca and beads of the mystery shawl, I’m not working on the scarf as much as I could.
It’s a green scarf, though, which is her favorite color, so I think she’ll like it whenever I get it finished. And the reason for starting it when I did? She wanted to buy a scarf, but her grandma told her that “if you buy that scarf, your auntie will be sad.” Implying that I will be making her one. Um, thanks Mom. Warning would have been nice.
And then, something I didn’t just start but which is knitting up really nice and quickly (again, when I’m not being seduced by lacy alpaca goodness): the Waterfall socks.
It’s a fun pattern, and I love the way the yarn keeps surprising me with what the colors are doing. Zauberballs are fun like that. Every time I knit with one, I remember how much I love it and want to knit with more.
Like this:
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Beautiful WIPs. Can’t wait to see what the mystery shawl turns out like.
I love the color of that mystery piece! Can’t wait for the reveal
Oh and what are mothers for? LOL
Nicole- I love the Zauberball stuff.
The mystery shawl will be pretty.
I need to pull out one of my zauberballs and actually knit something from them!
Oooo…beads! Isn’t alpaca lace awesome?! I love the stuff, it’s some of the only lace weight I’ll work with. It has enough fuzz to keep it from being too slippy on the needles, and doesn’t feel like string when you work with it.