Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Finished Knitting the Casual Lace Knit Shawl

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. I have been social distancing and working on different things at home to keep busy. I have finished knitting the casual lace knit shawl! It took me awhile, but I am now done and binded off last night. I had finished knitting it last week, but then I found it short on the ends and I want to be able to wrap around to the front. They are still a bit short, but I think blocking the shawl will help a lot. I love the way it looks and it was a fun project to knit up and definitely has been good company while trying to keep busy through these strange quarantine days.


Project Notes:

Project: Casual Lace Knit Shawl
Author: Purl Avenue
Yarn: 3 skeins of Lion Bran Vanna's choice yarn in the colorway 'Dusty Green'.
Needles: Chiaogoo 40 inch circular needles 
Ravelry Notes: lneedlesandwool




I will be blocking the shawl this weekend when I have more time. Then it should help to flatten out with the curling at the bottom of the shawl and also stretch it out more and give it more length. I will wet block it like it is suggested in the pattern. I was also thinking today that I would love to add tassels to the ends as well to weigh it down when I put it on. I will take photos with it on soon.



This past weekend I went to pick up my groceries at Superstore.  I drove up and an employee came to my car and filled my trunk with bags of food. It was so great, I didn't have to go into the store. I was so grateful for this service. I got home and washed my hands and then as I put all of the groceries away I wiped them with Lysol wipes. It made me feel like I was helping wipe the potential germs off of the food. I have looked for more time slots available for this service for next week and nothing is available anywhere now. I knew that this kind of service would start getting more popular with all that is going on. I think next weekend I will have to venture out to the store, but I am going to keep checking in case a spot becomes available. I am making sure I wash my hands more frequently. This past weekend I had a fun FaceTime chat with my whole family. At one point both my sister and I had our partners come on the screen, so there were six of us all chatting it was special. Especially now that we can't all be together right now. I feel so bad for people in New York it is so horrible there right now with so many people sick and dying. Last night I felt kind of worried because I was watching the news late at night which is never a good thing. We can only take this thing day by day and pray it gets better for people and for the world. The numbers are rising in Canada too and in Ontario and hopefully we flatten the curve and we can keep our distance and numbers will start going down. Most days I am fine and think about it a little bit, but sometimes it gets to me a bit. How are you coping with it all?

I am still reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and Good Morning,Good Life by Amy Schmittauer Landino. Both are good books so far and I am enjoying them. I am also enjoying The Science of Well-being course which is a Yale University course offered through the website Coursera and taught by Laurie Santos. It is right up my alley and keeping me busy. It is now going on week two of the course and I am working ahead and trying to keep going with it.

Joining along with Frontier Dreams for Crafting On and As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday.

Have a great day!


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