Beaded!

I just finished a new shawl.  This one is beaded!  This was my first attempt at adding beads to my knitting.  I have to say I am really happy with the result.  I have to give thanks to Denise Bell at Lost City Knits for teaching me an easy way to add beads.  You can see how Denise does it on her web site lostcityknits.com.  Click on her videos to see how Denise beads.  You also might want to check out Denise's yarns and patterns.  They are so beautiful.

The pattern is Alexandra by Dee O'Keefe.  It's a well written pattern with great charts.  It has written instructions as well.  This shawl is knit out of Malabrigo Sock in the Persia colorway.  This colorway is teal and gray.  The photos are fairly true to the colors.  It took 2 skeins with some left over.  I used US size 5 (3.75mm) needles.  The finished size is 60 inches wide by 36 inches deep.  The beads are size 6 in an iridescent gun metal color. 

Sorry all the photos were taken while the shawl was being blocked, but I did not have good light after I took it off the blocking wires.

August already!  Where does the time go?  I came back to Oklahoma in mid-March, so I missed winter here.  Not that there was much winter.  It was pretty mild by Oklahoma standards according to most people I have talked to.  I was back in Houston in June for doctor and dentist appointments.  The end of June we headed to Gulf Shores, Alabama for two weeks.  This was our annual trip to visit with family.  We have been going to Gulf Shores since 2001.  This year we had 14 family members, so it was lots of fun. 

On the knitting front, I have a few projects going, but not too many.  I have tried a few new things, but frogged most of them.  Either the yarn wasn't right, or I just did not like the pattern.  I will try to show some things I am working on soon.