Here's the shawl fresh off the needles.
And blocking. I chose to just smooth it out and not pin it. It was so much easier and the results are still very nice.
Here she is on.
And here's a close up of the yarn.
This is hand-dyed yarn from Red Barn Farm knit on US7s.
And yesterday I knit up a hat from my own handspun, hand-dyed Coopworth using this pattern.
And the cute decreases.
I was trying to make a child's size to donate to Ryan's Dulaan Project. I guesstimated that my yarn would knit up to 3 sts/inch on US9s and cast on 66 sts for the hat. I also didn't knit the hat as tall for fear of running out of yarn. I can only stomach that once a week. The finished hat just fits my (adult-sized) head but is a smidge short. Sort of beanie-ish. I don't know if I can bear to give it away yet.
And so long as I'm overwhelming you with photos here is a shot of the yarn I'm spinning from the roving I dyed.
Wes turned to me last night and asked, "Is getting a sheep next?"
