Purple Shawl, Done.

It's been a good knitting week over here...I can hardly believe that it was just over a week ago when I started my new purple lace shawl at the knitting retreat. But first let me show you a couple of non-knitting pictures.

A friend of mine e-mailed earlier in the week to ask me if I would be interested in some toys that her girls had grown out of. I said sure, and the next day my girls were the proud owners of this awesome playmobil princess palace!



The thing is freakin' huge, but oh-so-cool. I think I was at least as excited about it as they are. What little girl would not want this toy? Well, we all love it, and Julie and Sophie managed to play well together for long stretches several times this week, leaving me to get a few rows of knitting in while I watched.

Anyway, the shawl also knit up quickly since it's a simple lace pattern, in worsted-weight yarn, and it's not all that huge. Julie seems to think it should be hers, and volunteered to model it for the photos.



Not too bad for a kid who usually refuses to have her picture taken at all.



There were about ten other super-cute supermodel poses, but you get the idea.

Here we have it spread out on the floor. You can see the shoulder-shaping here.



I do think I could have done a little bit more shoulder-shaping, and will definitely try another one soon-ish with that in mind. This is a great way to use up my handspun, since I had only about 350 yards, and was able to use all but the last few yards.

Here's a close-up of the point. You can see the beads on the awesome picot bind-off that Candace taught us. You can also see the very subtle striping provided by the yarn.



So yay! Shawl for me.

And one last picture. Today at lunch the girls were sitting there eating and I looked over and noticed just how big Sophie is looking lately. So grown up in her blue jeans, sitting there tall on her stool. Where'd my baby go?