Backwards.....usually....

So I have a habit of doing things backwards or the hard way.  I have this idea in my head, for a triangular shawl.  I have hexagonal motifs that I want to start at the point on the back and go up the sides to lay gracefully over the shoulders.  It is a beautiful motif.  I think most people would start with the triangle "in the middle" and then add the motifs to the outside edge.  Not this girl.  I have to start with the motifs and then figure out how to connect them to each other and then how to knit back and forth between them.  So far.....This is what I have....

This is the Sea Star motif from the Vogue Knitting Stitionary Volume 5: Lace.  It is knit on US size 7 needles with Schaefer Yarns Anne in colorway Clara Barton.  It is hard to tell from the pic but the subtle color changes in the red are just beautiful.  I have another skein of this on order from the Yarn Cupboard in Jamesville so I can keep the current skein for the motifs and make them as I need them and knit the center with the other skein.  Well....this is if I can wait long enough to actually get the new skein.  Progress pics as it moves along.  I will be writing it down as I go so I can transform it into a pattern.

I just finished crocheting Corsica for the Yarn Cupboard. 

I will be delivering it in the next hour.  I love the vintage button Susan and I decided to add.  It is crocheted with Rowan Siena cotton yarn on a F5 hook.  It is a size medium so I can't wear it.  Sorry for the flat table pic but I guess it is better then nothing.

So in normal life....I still have absolutely everything still on the needles plus this new shawl thing.  On Saturday we had a large tree in our driveway cut down before another storm went through.  We lost a large limb with the last storm and thank goodness it wasn't on the cars when it fell.  The weekend and most of this week have been and will be consumed with clearing wood and adding it to the wood room to burn this winter.  Yes, I have a wood stove. 

My son has to go to summer school after a rough year this year so our summer should be interesting to say the least.  Planning on going camping soon with dear friends of ours at Bowman Lake and can't wait.  I will have to remember the camera and maybe I can squeeze in some knitting.  I usually can.

Talk to you all again soon!  Happy Knitting!  Drop me a line.

Shannen