Amything Can Happen

On the Needles

I've been knitting along on the Split Neck T from Knitting Pure and Simple.  I'm using Lion Brand (new) Cotton-Ease in a lovely terracotta color.  I like this pattern and it's a super easy knit, but it's getting a little boring. 

I was at first VERY disappointed in the yarn, however.  The skeins were just full of knots.  One after the other, they kept coming.  One skein had around 10 knots!  The others had anywhere from 2-7 knots.  I was just disgusted!  I couldn't return the yarn simply because I had purchased it online.  So I sent a complaint through the Lion Brand website.  I got a response from them within 24 hours and around 10 days later, I had 10 replacement skeins of the yarn.  While I am extremely pleased with the service from Lion Brand, I am also almost finished with the sweater...knots and all, so I'm not going to rip it out.  Also, the two dye lots are extremely different, so I can't combine them.  This means, I've got 10 balls of cotton-ease and no clue what I'm going to do with them.  Any suggestions?  It's a little over 2,000 yards, but I don't want to make another sweater.  Who needs two sweaters of the same color?

Rebecca Shawl Finished!

I finished and blocked the Rebecca shawl.  I think it turned out very well. 
There were a few things that I learned during this project:

1.  I am not ready for lace in laceweight yarn.
2.  I need to pick smaller, quicker projects for a while.
3.  I must stop knitting late at night!  I make too many mistakes and end up 
     ripping back and re-knitting the project!  I could have knitted this shawl   
     twice over if I hadn't made so many mistakes.

I gave the shawl to my dear friend, Mrs. Phyllish, who has done so many nice things for me this year.  I hope she enjoys the shawl!  You can click the pictures for bigger versions.