Friday on a Monday
It’s obviously not Friday, it’s Monday (boo!). But here’s an finished object for FO Friday anyway.
So between all the various moves this summer I managed to misplace a whole heck of a lot of things, most of which I’ve since found, but some of which I haven’t. Somewhat impressively I managed to misplace every single hat I own. I’m positive I have some, somewhere in this apartment. I’ve torn this place apart multiple times trying to find them. They’re nowhere to be found. (And this is not a huge, or even very messy, apartment.)
I eventually realized that it would probably be faster to knit a hat then find any of mine. So I did. Just in time for the first snow storm of the year.
Pattern: My own
Yarn: Madelinetosh Merino, colorway: unknown, its a very rich dark blue if you want to take a guess.
Yardage: one skein (210 yards/192 meters)
Fiber Source: got it in a destash from a friend
Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5s) 40″ circulars for the tubular cast on; 4.5 mm (US 7s) 40″ circulars for the ribbing; and 6.00mm (US 10s) 40″ circulars for the main body of the hat. All knit using magic loop.
So I’m still waiting for all my other hats to show up, but at least I’m waiting with a warm head, and a cute hat.
FO: Eirwen
Pattern: My own (almost ready for publication)
Yarn: 1 skein Tosh lace, colorway: citrus (the orange); 1 skein Sweet Georgia merino/silk lace, colorway; dutch (the golden yellow)
Yardage: 1 skein Tosh lace (950 yards; 868 meters); 1 skein Sweet Georgia merino silk lace (765 yards; 700 meters). I had a fair amount of the Sweet Georgia left over and a small ball of the Tosh lace.
Needles: 3.25 mm (US 3s) 40″ circulars
Photos: Mrs Peacock
Mrs Peacock was the second shawl I ever knit in this semi-circular/crescent type shape that I simply fell in love with (the first was Zodiac le Plume) and have used a bunch since (Tumbling Deco, Mirror World, Ponycorns and Rainbow Fragments, and #2 the one with a million beads). I think this shape also started my interest with less traditional shawl shapes, (the 3/4 square, squares and circles with slits in them, etc.). I think they tend to stay on better, lay a bit nicer, and tend to be a bit more intriguing to knit and design.
And thus ends the almost full month of photos of shawls on a mannequin. Thanks for sticking around. 
