The Crescent

I haven't posted any of my knitting in a while. Just lazy, I guess. I have been knitting, though! Recently I became kind of preoccupied with crescent shawls and I knit three in a row.
This one is Annis and I knit it with some yarn I got on sale at Rosies - Araucania (cashmere!) marked down from $30 to $5. This shawl has nupps, (those round berry-like things) and I had never made nupps before. It was fun and fast to knit and I am happy with the results.


Then I knit Just Enough Ruffles for the Pinkknit-a-thon. You may recall that Simma (my daughter) knit it a little while back and I could see that I would enjoy knitting it. And again, I was drawn to the short rows and the crescent shape. I don't have a really good picture of this one:
I LOVED the yarn, which again, was on sale a Rosies. I got 4 balls of Misty Alpaca Lace - two white and two pink - and knit the scarf starting with 4 stands white. I gradually introduced the pink yarn and ended with the ruffles all pink. The yarn is so soft! Dare I say softer than the Araucania? It is really amazingly soft. And it is not an expensive yarn. But the woman at Rosie's wasn't sure if they were going to continue carrying it.

Then I knit the Oslo Walk Shawl, another Susanna IC shawl from IK magazine. It has over 600 beads that are not strung along, but are added as you go with a tiny crochet hook. I had trouble photographing this one. I'll bring it to the SnB this weekend. It is HUGE! I couldn't believe how much it grew when I blocked it. I really like it, though I am not sure when I will wear it. It seems kind of fancy. Maybe a wedding? But I think I am done with crescents for a while now. On to something else!