Does anybody want to give a shawl a new home ?

This is the cable down raglan from Interweave knits , Spring 07. I love knitting top down as it satisfies my inherent laziness when it come to sewing up , this has two tiny little holes under the arms to sew and even I can cope with that . The wool is cashmere fingering used double from Colourmart . I originally bought some of this for the Monkey Sock Swap ( round 2 just signing up ) , I knitted the socks for Rebecca and loved the colour that I bought more for the sweater , I know that I am not buying more yarn this year , so I bought this out of my Mothers Day cash sent from my son, so I can justify this purchase .... surely ? I knitted this on my new Knitpicks options, oh how I love them , so smooth that the stitches just fly .

This is the swallowtail shawl I knitted for the International Scarf Exchange, knitted in fingering cashmere, it hasn't turned out as large as I hoped and so I am knitting another shawl instead . If any body would like this shawl , just let me know and I will post it off to you , pale blue just isn't my colour and will just get bundled away in a drawer if I keep it .

We are all enjoying such wonderful weather here , I had to smile yesterday , I was standing at the checkout in the supermarket yesterday and overheard the following ,

Lady " What glorious weather"

Man " Aaaargh , but we'll pay for it in the long run, you mark my words ",

I wondered what was ' in the long run ' and how much was it going to cost