Oh! Canada

Today I head back to work after two weeks off. It’s been a wonderful vacation and, like all vacations, it hasn’t been long enough. And yet, it’s over. To ease my pain and enhance your enjoyment, I’ve got some finished knitting projects to show you this week. You see, I wasn’t kidding when I said that I had quite a few things that you haven’t seen yet. I managed to get Hannah to do some modeling for me this weekend so I can start getting caught up now.

Let’s start with Oh! Canada since this project has been finished since way back in November. Wow. I hadn’t realized it had been that long.

The pattern is Anne’s, of course, and the yarn is Kim’s Opulence. I just love working with projects that combine the talents of my friends.

Speaking of the talents of my friends, I had a talk with Judy before I started this shawl and she recommended that I knit it as one long piece rather than two equal pieces that would be grafted together in the middle. She reasoned that a flock of geese all fly in the same direction anyway and that no matter how good my grafting skills, well, that seam would always bug me. I thought about what she said and I knew she was right and I’m not sorry I made this modification. Some might call it the easy way out but I honestly can’t see that it would have made a difference to me either way.

I’ve only worn it once (I sort of have this rule about not wearing things until I’ve blogged them) but it was warm and soft and goes great with my navy blue faux shearling jacket from L.L. Bean.  And now that you’ve seen it I look forward to wearing it more frequently!

And now for a bit of a laugh, allow me to show you a funny progression of photos I took.

First up:

Mom.  It’s kind of cold out here.

Moving on to:

Mom.  Seriously.  I’m cold.

And finally:

Mom!  C’mon!  I’m freezing!!!!

She’s nothing if not dramatic.

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  3. But she was right! It was cold this weekend. My FO shot happened WITH a jacket too. Good thing she’s young, and you are fast with the camera.

  6. I like your logic…geese in one direction makes perfect sense. It’s a beautiful shawl. Tell the lovely Hannah that sometimes beauty has to sacrifice for its art. VBG!

  8. That is beautiful…it is in my queue to knit…I love Anne’s patterns. Thanks for the suggestion on knitting in one piece…I hate to graft.

    Your daughter is beautiful as well.

  12. The shawl and Hannah are both beautiful! With that first picture, I was wondering how you got her to pose without looking cold. 🙂

  17. Great shawl! And I agree about the grafting–who would ever notice that you did it a different way? As for the photos, they’re priceless.

  23. Beautiful! And I totally agree on skipping the grafting. I don’t think a wrap like that needs to have symmetrical ends, and I think the change would interrupt the flow.

  24. Such adorable photos! A freezing and complaining teen wearing handknits, hmmm, I wouldn’t know anything about that! I can imagine if our kids ever met how they would rant on about their crazy mothers and the things they put them through!

    The shawl is gorgeous!!

  28. Hannah looks like a professional model. She is growing up to be beautiful!

    I agree with Judy – that grafting would have been icky to do and had a just an icky result. It came out great Carole!

  30. Grafting more than a sock toe makes me a wee bit nauseous. I think I’ll be making the same mods as you when I finally cast on mine. Yours looks awesome in blue btw as does your beautiful Hannah!

  31. No matter what she still looks like a superstar in those glasses 🙂 That shawl came out gorgeous! and I love the blue.

  34. Just beautiful!

    Nice lace, too. ;^)

    I’m so glad you listened to Judy. She’s right about geese and I think the seam in the back would have been distracting. Great mod.

    Does Hannah get mitts for being such a good sport?

  35. Hannah and the shawl are beautiful. I really love the color (totally me) and the drama (which reminds me of someone I know). Good call on the grafting.

  41. What a blue! I love the collaboration: pattern, yarn, modification, knitting, modeling. Beautiful.

  42. Beautiful shawl! I think it was a good decision not to graft it. Grafting lace does not sound fun to me. Great pictures!

  44. Such a beautiful blue! I love that last photo… hey, I think I might have the same coat in dark brown….doncha just love LL Bean?

  46. what a beautiful shawl! i haven’t seen much of your daughter on the blog recently – nice to see her again! beautiful shawl!

  47. great photo shoot. thanks for sharing the outtakes 🙂 Hannah is a hoot. and the white snow a perfect backdrop for this lovely completion.
    I agree about the geese flying all the same way 🙂

  49. Beautiful girl – beautiful knitting. The only thing left to say (besides, “hey, it’s snowing on your blog – how cool!”) is Happy New Year! I miss you!! XOXOXOXOXOX

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