another one bites the dust

FINALLY made myself a Dandy Neckerchief!

This is the first thing I ever queued on Rav and I cannot believe it's been on there for so long

the second my Spud and Colour Sweater in Rootbeer arrived, i knew i had to get those two together and make a squishy chocolately and deliciously lovely baby

she's unblocked, but i love her already

also in need of buttons, but eh, that'll happen.

so here she was on Monday night after casting on at SnB

and here she is all finished and looking slightly fallopian shaped

this colour is particularly hard to capture at 2am under harsh flash (the time that both photos were taken) but it really is such a warm and lush chocolatey brown.

i just have to say again, i freaking LOVE Spud and Chloe yarns.

finish first lace shawl, CHECK

that's right, she's allllll done, and blocked and now sitting in my 'knitwear box' waiting for the right time.

why did i put it away so quickly you might be asking? oh, because i've already managed to pull threads in it THREE TIMES already, it's true, i'm just not meant to have delicate pretty things!

but as it's finished, and since i took such terrible photos of it, here it is. My swallowtail (minus the tail part)

fresh off the needles

a very gentle blocking

so floaty and flirty :) AND FINISHED hehee

now back to the startistic stashbusting blanket, which is now 17" tall, yay!

hope you're all surviving the heat, and have lovely airconditioning to keep you cool and out of trouble.