Xmas knitting: the Eva shawl

'tis that time of year when I am stressed out and worried I will not have enough time to finish everyone's presents. I did start a little later than I would have liked this year, since that whole PhD defense and getting visits from Guatemala ate up all my time...

I am back to my knitting stride and put a little extra work in for finishing my first project in record time. I had tried to knit this pattern before. In fact, it was my third lace project out of my 'Wendy Knits Lace' book. The first one had been the Poor Poet's Mitts that were super easy and then this scarf that came out all sorts of wrong, but that my mom still liked well enough. When I first tried to make this shawl, back in early February, l I had to rip it out and repeat it so many times. This was not long ago, but I have seen my knitting skills increase dramatically. I think it was because I didn't know now to read charts a year ago and now I can. Lace charts are fun.

So this is the first xmas project. I will post more pictures on other mini projects I have made in these days of late autumn darkness.

These are two details of the shawl

A detail for the shawl (note I blocked it before weaving in the ends. I really don't like that part and postpone it as long as humanly possible!

A more complete view of the shawl

I will make sure to upload a picture of the shawl with its owner after Jul!