Catching up on all those knitted items that I haven’t yet shown off . . . this pretty little lacy number was a particularly happy finish! Scarves knit with fingering weight yarn, I suspect, DO tend to evoke happiness upon completion–not so much as they’re being knit, though. This one seemed like it took me a little bit longer then for-EVER, but once I bound off and slung it around my neck, it seemed so, so worth it. I could even imagine knitting the same scarf in the same yarn again.

This lovely is, of course, the Lace Ribbon Scarf, knit using Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks merino/tencel sock yarn, a yarn I would definitely recommend. All in all, I’d chalk this project up to success!

And thank goodness for finished scarves, since it is already FREEZING here in Philadelphia–um . . . can someone please, please tell me me which crack Fall slipped into when I wasn’t looking? Winter is already here, friends. Stay warm!

I promised you I’d have something finished next time I posted, and I’d hate to disappoint, so here it is . . . a very finished (even blocked!) perfectly perfect scarflet for fall. My sock knitting mojo is certainly disappearing more + more quickly these days, and I’m newly obsessed with knitting any + all types of neck warmers. Shawls, scarves, cowls, they’re all good. This little scarf was a pleasure to knit . . . an easy, but engaging lace pattern + the most wonderful yarn in a gorgeous, verdant shade of fall. And it only took one skein of yarn to make a wonderful neck wrap, so it took no time at all to knit up! This little number is highly recommended + I can see myself knitting more of these scarflets in the future. The very near future.

Finished: Lace Leaf Scarflet
Pattern: Lace Leaf Scarf from Vogue Knitting (spring/summer ‘05)
Yarn: Pigeonroof Studios Siren Two sock yarn in ‘Lichen’
Full details on Ravelry
More photos in the Gallery

And speaking of fall, I’ve been hard at work making some new little fall goodies for the s h o p to celebrate the most perfectly perfect time of year! They should be ready very soon + I’ll be sure to let you know when they are! Until then, you can sneak a peek here.

kellokukka shawl in progress, knit using handmaiden mini maiden in ’smoke’

What happens when a single sock knitting maven gets distracted from knitting single socks? She knits lace. And more lace. And then some more lace.

shetland triangle shawl in progress, knit using malabrigo lace in ‘azul profundo’, yarn held double

Ooops! But she doesn’t knit all the same lace! That would just be too responsible of her. And she is anything but a responsible knitter–otherwise she’d have, like, twelve pairs of socks, instead of, like, twenty-five single socks. (And, yes, for those of you wondering, the Official Single Sock Count is 25).

kiri shawl in progress, knit using rowan yorkshire tweed 4-ply in ‘barley’

Okay, so that ’she’ is me. And while I am the most fickle knitter you know, someday I’ll have lots and lots of pretty lace shawls. And socks. Let’s hope that Fall is for Finishing, because, people, I have lots (and lots!) of finishing to do!