'Twas the Night Before Rhinebeck....

OK, who of you out there in the North East United States woke up this morning with your first thought being, "tomorrow I'll be in Sheep & Wool heaven"? Or was it just me?
I'm so excited that I can't concentrate on work!
So I'll blog instead - hehehe.
(Susan, if you're reading this - I'm not doing this in work time, so chill, OK!)

First out of the bag is my version of the Flower Petal Shawl. This was my first attempt at shawl knitting and I feel it won't be the last.
The pattern was very easy to follow, athough, I got a little to confident and worked a couple of the pattern rows twice - resulting in an arrowhead effect 1/3 of the way in. I considered leaving it but as I wasn't sure if I had enough yardage to complete it, I would need to unravel all the way back to fix it to save those precious few feet.


When I reached the part where I would knit the pointy edge, I realized that I really wouldn't have enough yarn to complete it as written, so I made smaller points. With my heart in my throat I knitted on unsure if I would have enough to finish - I had 2 inches left at the end - pheeww!!
Here it is all blocked out:


And who is that attactive model wearing it?

It's so warm and cozy and not at all itchy - I'm quite sure it will be regular feature around my neck this winter!

Next up is a strange little number I have named Blancmange, as it's soooooo soft and very pink!!

This picture cracks me up! I was alone in the studio when I set up the camera on a table, switched on the self timer, ran across the room and jumped into this position - Thank goodness the gals at You Knit What? have retired - hehehee!

And finally.... I'm a bad girl as I broke the NO NEW YARN BEFORE RHINEBECK rule! - But I couldn't resist the sumptuous softness and flippin' gorgeous colours of this:

I have already cast on what will be my first pair of legwarmers - lucky legs!!

See you in Rhinebeck - WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!