A little quiet 'round here......

So it seems it is a litle quiet around here.

To be honest, it will continue to be fairly quiet....so don't make this somewhere you check everyday! :)

I'm uber busy, with currently being out of the house for 12hrs a day, then trying to get the 2 monkeys off to bed a few hours after I get home. By the time I have done that its usually about 8.30pm, which leaves me with about an hour to re-pack for the next working day, shower, and maybe squeeze in a couple of rows of knitting before heading off to bed - most certainly no time for blogging :(

I am still managing to do a little knitting, it is just that my progress is much much slower!

Last week I finally got a shawl finished that I had started back in February.

It is a gloriously simple pattern (Lavalette by Kirstin Kapur), that I selected to showcase a fantabulous gradual gradient skein of yarn that I purchased from Cordu at Wooltopia.

The yarn is 'Kiama', a 4ply Merino/Silk blend. It was dyed in a true gradual gradient (ain't no striping in this puppy!), shifting from a pale pink at the neckline, through rose pink, plum, then fading out to a silvery mauve at the edging. It truely is spectacular yarn, and I wish I could photograph the complexity of it better.

The pattern is fabulous for showcasing special yarns like this. It is a very simple piece, perfect for beginner shawl knitters, or those like myself who are falling asleep at the end of the day!!!!