Socks and Shawl

Here are the photos of projects I promised last week. These are the three pairs of socks I am working on currently. Left to right they are: Pomatomus aka Mermaid socks. They are knit with JKnits sock yarn. Midnight Passion socks made from Fearless Fibers hand dyed sock yarn. This pattern is one of the eight stitch repeats from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. Last but not least, Koigu blue and black tweed socks. They are very plain, but they feel wonderful and will go well with jeans.

Here is the Lady Eleanor shawl. This yarn is Rowan Tapestry in color SH 173. The fiber content is Wool and Soy protein. It is working up very nicely. It's very soft. The top photo was taken with the flash on. The bottom close up was taken with the flash off. Alas, neither photo gets the color just right.

What's New

So, I have been knitting, but not anything really exciting. I currently have three pairs of socks going and three shawls started. I know, I am having trouble sticking with one or even two projects. The socks are one pair of plain Koigu in a blue, black, gray combination; the mermaid socks or should I say pomatomus socks in J. Knits blue and green and an eight stitch repeat lace pattern in the midnight passion (purple) Fearless Fibers sock yarn. All of them are going well, I just have trouble concentrating on just one. The shawls are the burgundy Lorna's Laces Faroese shawl, the cobalt blue Icarus shawl and a new Lady Eleanor entrelac shawl made with Rowan Tapestry in a brown/gold/pink colorway. The Faroese shawl is just too heavy to work on right now. I did dig out the Icarus and work on it tonight. It has been lanquishing in the bottom of my knitting bag for the past month or two. I like it, but I get tired of knitting on it quickly. The entrelac shawl was started last Friday. I have not made up my mind whether to keep on going with it or not. I'm not sure if I like the way the colors are working up. I will try to post some photos later this week so you all can get an idea of how it's going.