it's not my fault....

I couldn't help it. I cast on a new project... and for myself! weeee!!! I've mentioned in the past that I actually have a knitting gig that keeps me knitting almost full time (something I might be able to tell you more about in the future!! but in the meantime, just know that I knit a lot... and it's never anything that stays in the house)... I'm also doing the sskal... and I promise I'm making some progress on that... but you'll have to wait until tomorrow's post for that one....

I decided that I just needed another shawl. knitting pendulum has made me a shawl-knitter. I can't help it. I love them! There's something so very satisfying about those tiny stitches and that beautiful drape that shawls give you.... the colour options, the yarn choices... all of it. and of course, when I saw a friend's version of line break by  Veera Välimäki  I had to knit one for me.

and oh. my goodness....

I don't have to tell you how in love I am with the garter stitch do I?  Well I am. crazy in love. and paired with madelinetosh merino light in charcoal.... i'm in heaven knitting this!

I promise you though. I'm not rushing through this knit. no no no... I'm enjoying every single stitch. I actually just really needed some easy travel knitting... and this fit the bill so perfectly, so really can you blame me? i'm sure you would have done the same, in my situation.

but there are oh so many other shawls I have to knit! eeeeee!!! and I might even need to repeat some of these patterns. thankfully veera, and martina behm have many designs for me to choose from that should keep me busy for the next several years... yes, nuvem and viajante are both on my radar...  as well as many of her smaller designs... hurrah for having a stash that's mainly single skein projects!!  also, a good incentive to buy sweater quantity yarns at fibrations and at knit city. ... but that's another post entirely...
back to what's sidetracking me from everyday important duties like dinner and laundry though...

**swoon!**

I am happy to report, that all other work knitting has been getting done, even with this beauty staring at me... I am, after all a responsible knitter.... (wink wink)


how about you? are you enamored with shawl knitting as I am? do you have a fave pattern you just have to knit? come chat shawls. it's an excellent topic for today :)