Quick Knits

I finished up the headband I was knitting last time I participated in Ginny's Yarn Along. I then started a shawl. For some reason I have been loving shawls lately. I don't wear them granny style over my shoulders, but rather wrapped more like a scarf. I love that I can knit a shawl with a single skein of sock yarn. I happen to have a plethora of single skeins of sock yarn to knit. I love wool socks, but one can only wear so many pairs of wool socks in Arizona.

The shawl I knit was the Multnomah shawl. It is a free pattern with a garter stitch body and a relatively easy lace pattern. Most of my knitting was done along the drive to camp with a bit of swim team and game day knitting as well.

I used Three Irish Girls McClellan Fingering in the Tolkein colorway. I really liked the yarn. The colorway worked beautifully for the shawl - no weird pooling or flashing of the colors.  The completer shawl went really quickly. I finished it in 8 days, which is amazing for me. The shawl was a bit small off the needles, but I was able to block it to a bit bigger size. It is now in my closet waiting for cold air-conditioning or winter to wear it.

You would think I read a bit of Tolkein while knitting it, but I did not. I just continued reading Unbroken. The story is amazing. War is a horrific occurrence and the atrocities experienced during such times boggle the mind. I am appalled at what people can do to one another and what one individual can endure. The story however also describes the power of the human will to survive. Louis Zamperini was an amazingly resilient individual. I would recommend this book for those interested in a bit of non-fiction. I am now reading part the most recent book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Definitely a lot lighter read, but I am hoping it helps me power through the sleeves of my newest sweater.