It's lace again!

How was your weekend? I was still partially glued to the tv news on Katrina ... getting worked up emotionally from time to time by the incompetence of all these big-talking government officials and wondering where the hell Dick Cheney had been all this time! I remember he is still the vice-president of this country, or is he? But at the same time, I managed to finish 2 projects - the Sirdar sweater and River. Unfortunately, both are not picture ready yet ... I have to wait for work days to resume to begin blocking ... which will take up quite some space.

Yesterday, I started a new project. I got some lace pure wool from Handpainted.com in this colourway:


Beautiful, isn't it? The yarns that came were colour-true to what I saw on screen. I am now using this for a Kiri shawl, which will become a Christmas gift for my MIL ... this is the one colour that she really loves. Right now, I am at 6 repeats of Chart 2. I haven't decided how many repeats I'll be doing ... maybe 12, or maybe 14. A few posts ago, Debi left a comment saying that I would be addicted to lace knitting. Well, maybe she is right ...

Last Friday, I picked up a copy of Interweave Crochet and spotted this:


I am telling you - I am going to make this cool cool jacket! The Trendsetter ribbon yarn used is a bit expensive for a playful jacket, so I am going to look for a good but cheaper substitute ... but I am going to make this ... period.