My crafting caught fire in October, though I can’t cop to being 100% loyal to the UFO Initiative. I think I worked on one UFO, and didn’t exactly make “significant progress” unless you count two additional hairpin lace motifs for a kimono sweater that isn’t even close to done. But that’s probably more hairpin lace motifs than you made in October, so I’m going with that.
First project started and done: a pair of earrings for a birthday gift. Rose is a good friend at work and I really wanted to make her something special. These are vintage jet crystals with seed bead bezels. She liked them.
Next, I wanted to make Stephen West’s Akimbo Shawl from a kit I purchased at Stitches Midwest 2013. That’s right — this yarn only aged for two months before I used it. I was a little nervous about that but it turned out fine. And in a nice twist of fate, I ordered a turquoise sweater that matches the accent color perfectly and fits nicely. How weird is that.
The photo is certainly nothing to write home about (and don’t write to my mother either. She gave me a nice digital camera for Christmas a couple of years ago, and this is the best I can do with it). I hope to make a shawl pin for this piece soon, and then I’ll take a better photo. Or maybe I’ll have someone else take it.
Now I’m working on a lacy batwing sweater than might turn into a pterodactyl wing sweater. It’s huge. (Yes, I did a gauge swatch and the sweater matches the gauge. So can I blame the pattern?) I have about half a sleeve left to knit, then I’ll sew it together and see what it looks like. Then you’ll see what it looks like.