I’m not going to keep Christmas knitting/spinning secret and invisible - there wouldn’t be much left to put on my blog this year if I did! I’m just not going to tell anyone who things are for :-D Some things are going in a big pile and don’t have a name on yet, so if you think you might be on my gift list and you see something you love, wave your hands in the air.

This, however, has a destination planned. In fact, the skein of yarn has had a mental label on it for more than a year. Finally I have got around to starting.

Swallowtail

As is the way with all lace, it looks pretty boring at the moment, so you should just admire instead the gorgeous stitch marker, from a set of four that Jen gave me on the weekend. The shawl will grow up to be a swallowtail, and I’ve just finished the bud lace section. A couple more days should have it done, and I’ll be launching into the task of spinning up several skeins of lace-weight for… some people dear to my heart :-)

6 Responses to “Gift parade”
  1. Kate says:

    Swallowtails seem to be de rigeur for MILs this Christmas. :-) I love the yarn you are using.

  2. elizabeth says:

    That’s so pretty! I need to start another lace shawl.

  3. Moggle says:

    Ooh, purrrrrttyyy.

  4. Jeanne says:

    That is so pretty!

  5. Amanda Cathleen says:

    oh my Lord is that beautiful!!

  6. K says:

    Oooh, so pretty. I love the Swallowtail pattern, too–so quick, but fun to knit, and a beautiful result.

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