Shawl is from Weekend Knitting book made from Lion Brand Romance 85% acrylic and 15% mohair, made in Italy, in color no 143 lavender...whaddya want for $5? Oh it's trimmed with Lanett superwash lilac...I think...I have so many different kinds of purple-colored scrap yarn I can't remember. Tam is tam B from Three Tams off of Knitty.com. Background is Lion Brand Wool-Ease in color camel. Pink and purple is from Patons SWS 70% wool and 30% soy. I really like this stuff! It's very colorful and soft. I blocked the tam on a plate and am very pleased! It made it even softer and has lovely drape. I used less than a ball for the tam and am now working on a matching scarf.
My new vacuum cleaner is a monster! It sucked up my latest project. Luckily the socks survived but my circular needles didn't! Socks in progress are Opal Hundertwasser Der Blaue Mond/Blue Moon. Needles were Knitpicks 40" Harmony circulars size 1. I knew I'd break them eventually...I just didn't see it happening this way! Pattern is a mixture of Knitpicks two socks on one circular free pattern and my own modifications to make them knee socks. Can't say I'm too crazy about the heel design. And matching up stripes is harder than I thought it would be using this method since it appears that even tho they are the same dye-lot the print on the yarn is different.
