So a lovely friend is making a Multnomah shawl in Three Irish Girl's Alchemy colorway (from Sock Summit 2009). Alchemy is an absolutely gorgeous colorway!! I can not wait to see how it comes out.
However instead of just waiting to see I decided to cast on a Multnomah of my own. Yes, I know, I have four projects actively on the needles at the moment, two I plan to get to quickly and numerous others I want to do as well, lol. But I just couldn't stop myself. So last night I got out two pretty pink yarns from my stash:
This beautiful yarn from Dragonfly Fibers - it is Spring in Washington on the Naiad Sock base. I bought it at Sock Summit this past summer.
The second option I got out was some yummy Grant Creek Farms. The base is a wool/cashmere/nylon blend in the Raspbery Mint colorway.
So my little girl is a seriously girly girl and her favorite color is PINK. She is alll about pink. She loves all colors but pink is the best according to her. So I fully expected her to pick the dragonfly fibers with it's very pinky pink. However she (yet again) surprised me and chose the Grant Creek Farms. So my 3 yr old little girl is about to get her second Cashmere blend shawl, lol. How many three year olds do you know who wear cashmere shawls??
That is how I came to be bitten by the cast-on bug yet again and increased my number of projects from 4 to 5. Drat, lol.
The Multnomah is lots of garter stitch though and then lots of feather & fan pattern so it should move pretty quickly I think.
This will have to be my evening knitting. Darling Hubby's sweater is too dark to see well late and it strains my eyes to try to work on it. (good excuse don't you think?)
When I get a little further on the Multnomah I'll be sure to post a picture :)
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