A couple of shawls

I haven't actually said this out loud yet, but one of the things I wanted to do this year was to knit a shawl every month. I decided this during January's Festival of Cowls, so January didn't get a shawl, and February didn't get one either due to bone-idleness on the part of the knitter.

The Wedding Shawl was supposed to be March's project, although it is overlapping well into April. I still expect to finish in time for the wedding; the announcement that the father of the bride may be wearing a Hawaiian shirt took the wind out of my sails for a couple of days (I knew it would be a casual wedding, which is cool, but I had no idea it would be that casual, and really? A shawl? Maybe I shouldn't), but in the end I decided to stick with my shawl because I really like knitting it. It's a more complicated project than I usually take on, and I might not have taken it on at all if not for the deadline to push me along - so I'm going to finish it, and wear it to the wedding, because I'm proud of it.

If it looks this good now, I can't wait to see it blocked.

Despite still knitting March's shawl, I did start April's shawl on time!

Cast on April 1, not mentioned in last week's post because it was still about the size of a taco chip. The pattern is called Dream Stripes, and the colors are making me feel all giddy about the onset of spring.