Yes, that is a handmade washcloth they're lounging on. It's currently my only handmade washcloth, so it will be doing a lot of soap modeling. I have four bars of soap in the mold right now, but I'll save them for future blog-fodder.
Juno is still chugging along, as is Edgar. But yesterday I went to the library...and as you know, dear readers, that phrase is always followed by some sort of crafting chaos.
I checked out The Best of Knitter's Magazine: Shawls and Scarves, and found the Pi Shawl. I've heard tales of the Pi Shawl, but had never seen the pattern till yesterday. I was instantly smitten by its brilliant simplicity, and charmed by Elizabeth's description of how the pattern came to exist, so of course I cast on. Because the yarn is kind of busy, I'm knitting it without the lace, but if I ever do it again on a plainer yarn, that lace is going right in.
The yarn is KnitPicks Gossamer, in the Blue Jeans colorway. (I think Gossamer's been discontinued.) I got this yarn for Christmas two years ago; El Fuego gave me a pattern for a lace shawl and the recommended yarn to go with it. I cast on the lace shawl, immediately made about fourteen mistakes, and decided I should start with a simpler pattern, what with never having knit anything in laceweight before, and certainly not a whole shawl. So the Gossamer has been waiting patiently in the stash ever since, and I'm sure it's pleased that it's going to turn into an Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern.
The Pi-shawl-in-progress picture was taken in the sitting room...will everyone please take note that we finally replaced the olive-drab carpet. Hallelujah!
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