handmade by stefanie

The exciting news of this week is that the Lory Shawl is finally starting to look like something. Specifically, a shawl! I haven't done much on my Admiralty pillow, however. As you can see, I've only added one intarsia spoke section since last week: This week is kind of a project limbo, as I am preparing for some events which start September 1, the first one being the FreshStitches Mystery CAL . I went stash diving for my CAL yarn: I've also been prepping for next month's Chill Chaser Cardigan KAL by swatching....and swatching....and swatching some more: Spud & Chloe Sweater in Manatee As you can see, I had to go up a few needle sizes on my Nova Cubics needles before I achieved the correct gauge for this sweater with US #9 needles (the pattern calls for US#7, but I am kind of a tight knitter!). Louet GEMS Worsted in Pewter & new Trendz needles from Knitter's Pride! In addition to two big projects which I'll be starting next...