A Christmas Book & A (mink!) shawl (redux)

On the 6th day of Christmas

I opened Elizabeth's Goudge's 

A Christmas Book

and it is just lovely ~ both profound, comforting and cozy! 

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I restarted the shawl I started back in May of last year.

I ended up making mistakes, had to frog it,

and my beloved size 2 needles that were my Oma's

were no longer working (for this project that is)

So now I am using a new set of size four circular metal needles

and (mainly) the seed stitch and am about where I was before.

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I have various ideas for the edging that I hope to do when it is finished.

It's a slow process as the yarn is so fine!

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3: a delicate shawl in mink, thick scarf in brown, and the sunshine blanket ~ this week's yarn along

For Christmas (or was it birthday?) I was given

a skein of lovely grey 100% mink yarn.

It's lovey, so soft and so very delicate but with a 

still noticeable durability for all it's delicate features... 

It took a while to make into a ball.

I am making a shawl,

as easy as is possible:

start with three and increase.

I am using my Oma's knitting needles

that I was given for my birthday.

I am hoping for a beautiful finish to this,

and it is so calming to knit.

It will take me a while but that

is just fine!

Cast on a bulky brown scarf,

started with some knit rows and now

doing stockinette.

Will be a DV Christmas present,

size 13 needles.

The sunshine squares blanket is going well.

Much work to be done on it yet

but it will be cute and cheery when it's done! 

I loved this book.

It was so many wonderful things.

I wrote about this book yesterday.

It's such a lovely book;

encouraging, restorative, at times light and funny,

at times enlightening, profound;

it was full of love and encouragement.

It was exactly what I needed.

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