Aurantium Blossom by Alice Yu
My Ravelry Post: here
Yarn: Oxford Kitchen Yarns Sock Yarn in Antique Ribbon (1 skein) and a small amount of Raspberry for the border (because I decided half way through to knit the larger shawl.)
Needles: 4.5mm addi lace. <3
Notes: This shawl really grows. I’ve been knitting lace for about 6 years now, and usually I’m pretty calm about knowing they’ll turn out ok, but the complexity of the stitches meant that the shawl felt really bunched right up until it hit the water. Then it really did blossom, and turn into something larger, and more beautiful.

I love that lace is still surprising. I guess it always will be. 🙂

I finally got to give it to my sister on sunday, when they came over. A belated, but hopefully useful birthday present.

It wasn’t all knitting while I was away – I decided that rather than risk getting my knitting needles confiscated on the plane, I would use the coach journey to the airport, and the (very short) flight to have a go a crocheting some granny squares.

Oh creased and wonky granny squares I think I love you.

It’s going to be very much a background project, but given that most of the things I’m planning to knit from now till Christmas are prodominately small-small or small person sized, or toys/fruit/veg of some sort (and oh how my knitting will all-but grind to a halt when no.2 arrives in October 🙂 a background project will be very welcome I’m sure.

Plus – stash buster! (Though so will the toys/fruit/veg).

PLUS – I get to play with colour!

What’s not to love?

When I went to London a few weeks ago, I bought some Rowan Lima to make a blanket ready for No2 when they come along. It’s incredible stuff – light and fluffy (because it’s chained) but it’s also going to be lovely and warm because of all the alpaca in it.

I couldn’t pick just one colour, so I ended up with 6, and I’m making a striped version of Pine Forest Baby Blanket (Ravelry Link).

It was perfect knitting for while we were away – mindless but not boring, and with a yarn that was airy enough to cope when it got hot. I’m on my 4th colour, and I’m just working out whether it’s going to be big enough. (I want it to be the same size as the one I knit for FB, since it has proved wonderfully useful, even now.)