The Dove Shawl is finally an FO...

I love it...and so does the Munch. She even kissed it (everyone together now---awwww!)

I was careful to bind off extremely loosely with this shawl since I wanted to block the heck out of it. The original pattern maintains a lot of the pre-blocked egg carton-y look to the pattern but I wanted it to be fairly flat. Looking at it here in the pictures, I think I could have blocked it even more than I did.

I didn't change the pattern other than to knit a few less repeats. It was a super-easy pattern; just one row repeated over and over with a few increases for shaping. I would say this would be an excellent beginner lace project since there are some very obvious visual clues in the pattern to keep you on track.

As for the stash update...I've been looking into a few ways to use up a lot of the single skeins of wool I have sitting around and i'm thinking about the Pom Pom Rug in Craftivity (link is to a project page in Ravelry). I think it would be perfect for Munchkin's room (or yet to be named new baby). It would require a TON of pom-poms though....

who knows...maybe.

in the meantime, I'm still plowing through a lot of the abandoned wips that have been cluttering up the yarn room. I'm nearly done with a pair of Monkey Socks (in some awesome Chewy Spaghetti yarn) as well as that darn Bobbles bag. I'm on a roll, baby!!