I’m still working on the Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston.  So far, it couldn’t be easier.  I’m about five rows from starting the lace pattern, so I have to say I’m a little excited over the prospect of doing something other than garter stitch.

The yarn is Crock-O-Dye by Knit One Crochet Too.  Color 559.  It is lovely to work with as it’s 65% superwash wool, 20% nylon, and 15% silk.

Linking to Judy Laquidara’s Patchwork Times.

I am making a shawl/neck wrap from sock yarn.  I bought the yarn and pattern at Jenny K’s Twisted Loop yarn shop in Prior Lake, MN.  (Jenny is one of those evil shopkeepers who has absolutely irresistible items made up in her shop, in exactly the right yarn — you want to make one of everything!)

I have more done than is shown in this photo, however it is just a bigger triangle of garter stitch — not worth another pic.  Yarn is amazingly soft.  After the center triangle of garter stitch, there is an easy lace, then a border.  It’s going pretty quickly on size 6 needles, which is a wonderful change after several years of size 2 needles!

Yarn:  Crock-O-Dye by Knit One, Crochet Too.  Color 559.  65% superwash wool, 20% nylon, 15% silk.

Pattern:  Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston.  Available for download purchase on Ravelry.

What’s on your needles?  Check out Judy Laquidara’s blog post to see what others are working on this week.

PS:  After a very chaotic 2012 and a less-than-stellar first five months of 2013, I’m working through my house, turning clutter into order.  Every Saturday I’ll share the best organizing tip I’ve found during the week, and I have one I LOVE for tomorrow.  Be sure to stop back!

A little further on Jim’s “sleep socks”.  Actually it’s still “sock”, but I’ve made some progress:

And in the middle of a dozen thousand other projects, I had this wild urge to make one of these ruffly scarves:

These could be seriously addicting, as it only takes about three hours to knit one up.  I chose this salmon and tan because my coat is tan, and I plan to just wear it as a “neckline filler”.  I would like to make another one in a dark color with sparkles for the holiday season.  Did I mention THREE HOURS???

The scarf yarn is Paton’s Pirouette yarn.  Paton’s has a great video, including a modified way to bind off so your bound-off end looks like the starting end.  Click here for scarf video.

Linking to Judy Laquidara’s “On the Needles”.