Freedom

Thanks for all the kind words on the shawl! From a size hot off the needles of about 20 by 52 inches, it blocked to 27 by 75 inches, occupying the whole length of the blocking board and then some. (I shudder to imagine how long it would have been if I'd actually knit that extra foot. Sometimes running out of time is a good thing.) I'm really pleased with the finished product — not feeling a tiny twinge at giving away something I made would probably be a very bad sign, and that twinge is definitely there this time. And maybe not so tiny.


I took the shawl over to the collection point this morning; the collector, Pat, very kindly consented to model it for me.


The auction to benefit Miss B's school is tonight in beautiful Leominster, MA. The auction accounts for more than half of the money we raise each year to pay for some of the things that keep getting cut out of our budget, so it's a big deal.

The best part: now that the shawl is done, I can knit whatever I want. I've started a Dulaan hat, and sock thoughts (fear not, sock pal: you are on my list) are beginning to come to me on little pattering feet. Or is that patterning feet?