My oldest son served me breakfast in bed this morning -- how wonderful is that?! He's taking cooking classes in school this year and having a lot of fun with is -- this morning, with a little bit of Dad's help, he made an omelet, and added a small bowl of yoghurt, some fruit and piping hot coffee......yum!!
This lazy Saturday morning allowed me to finish up a project that has been around for a long time -- a couple of years, at least -- inspired by a shawl I had seen in "America Knits" -- the Southwest Shawl. The finished result is nothing like the one in the book, but i love it. The yarn is from Fiesta Yarns: La Boheme and La Luz Multi (pure silk) in the Taos colorway and La Luz in a petrol-color that I'm not sure the company carries any longer. I have to say that while I love the colors of these yarns, La Boheme was a bit trying to knit with as the boucle and the mohair tend to bunch up and misalign on a regular basis; and the dark petrol color discolored my wooden needles very badly.
I basically knit the shawl sideways, changing between the La Boheme, La Luz Multi and the single-color La Luz at no specific intervals, creating an organic striped blend of the colors. I then crocheted a border, first with the silk, then with the mohair blend, then again with the silk. And then the project just laid there for a year or two -- I didn't use it, it just didn't really appeal to me afterall....until I brought it with me to Singapore as one of the 'unfinished' projects that needed some TLC. It's been sort of just lying around staring at me this past year; but last night, I started a fringe for the bottom half with the left-over yarn -- and I must admit, I love it! Here it is:
And a few close-ups....the edge detail:
The colors are just fabulous....
Starting the weekend with finishing up a long-overdue project feels great....and after a super-hectic work week, a creative outlet can get your back on your feet pretty quickly :-)
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