FO: Shattered Sun Shawl

On Thursday, on a trip to Catherine's house to pick up my wheel, I managed to get some good pictures of my latest sample knit for Allison before I handed it over (sob!).


Pattern: Shattered Sun Shawl by Felicia Lo, of Sweet Georgia
Yarn: Sweet Georgia CashSilk Lace, 45% cashmere/55% silk, 400 yds/50 g, in (I think) "Summer Skin"
Needles: US 4/3.5 mm
Start/finish: 17 Oct - 21 Oct 2013
Comments/mods: no modifications. Love the yarn (!!!), gorgeous, fun, fast pattern to knit. Um...that's it. Have some more pictures.



Obligatory blocking shot:


I enjoyed every minute of knitting this, because the yarn is glorious, the pattern was complicated enough to be interesting, and intuitive enough not to need vast reserves of concentration - just the thing I was looking for last week. It was very, very difficult to hand over the finished shawl, but I feel confident that Alli will come back with something equally luscious for me to knit up for the next sample.

Productivity in miniature

Catherine and I seem to be sharing a brain today: we're both blogging about finished mini-socks. Here are mine:


And here's what they looked like in skein/ball form:


Pattern: Kate Atherley's Training sock, but done in fingering weight yarn instead of worsted weight.
Yarn: Sweet Georgia Yarns Tough Sock, 80% superwash merino/20% nylon, 425 yds/115 gr (4 oz)
Needles: US 2/2.75 mm
Start/finish: I had 16 mini skeins to knit from, and each sock took me about 45 min once I'd memorized the pattern. According to my Ravelry project page, I started on the 23 March and finished on the 28th of March.

Comments: Kate's pattern is great, easy to follow, easy to memorize, just plain easy (and that's all good when you're in production mode!). The yarn is fabulous - no splitting of the plies at all, and the colors are glorious. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

From left to right: Berry Tart, Boheme, Stillwater and Rusted

Cold Mountain, Midnight Garden, Stella and Violet Hill

Honey Fig, Summer Dusk, Maple and Hummingbird

Snapdragon, Peashoot, Coal Harbour and Lakeshore Drive.

I am finding it absolutely impossible to pick a favorite. I love them all. I want enough SGY Tough Sock to fill a bath tub so I can submerge myself in a rainbow of vibrant color. Sadly, I have to give these back to the yarn provider.

More happily, I have to start on the next batch...