Scalloped Capelet after blocking

I have finished blocking the Superior capelet (well shawl in this case) and it is ready for my sister in law's 70th birthday. Her birthday is in danger of getting slightly overlooked this year as her daughter, my younger niece, is getting married 2 days afterwards. I wanted therefore to make her birthday a bit special so I will be buying her a present as well as presenting her with this shawl.

I can only thank Teresa (Skeinfest on Ravelry) for getting me the booklet Superior crochet so quickly in the US, and her husband who posted it to me from the UK, therefore making it possible for me to make the capelet. But for her I would still be searching for ways and means to get the pattern to the UK. I do get annoyed sometimes when I see wonderful patterns and then see that the stockist does not post outside the US. It's annoying to have to search online for other ways of getting my hands on certain patterns. Surely there are enough crocheters in the UK who buy patterns to warrant US companies posting to the UK or at least pointing people in the direction of a stockist in the UK who will import them for sale here.

Now all I need to do is decide on what I am going to be wearing for the wedding and make myself either a shawl or an openwork crochet cardigan that will take me through from the 4 pm wedding until the evening.

I started a knitted baby cardigan last night and have done the back and two fronts. Hopefully I will finish it by tomorrow so I will have something to photograph for tomorrow's blog.

I hesitate to say this but my cough seems to be improving. Shh I dare not say this too loud as I rejoiced once before and then it came back again a few days later. Fingers crossed everyone.

Scalloped Capelet finished

This is the Scalloped capelet from Superior Crochet, a booklet by Filatura Di Crosa, featuring designs by Doris Chan and Kristin Omdahl. This capelet is unmistakeably Doris's design. I made it with 5 balls of Sublime Kid Mohair and as it was slightly thicker than the wool specified on the pattern the capelet (or shawl as I am not going to link it together under the arms) has turned out slightly larger. I do crochet slightly slacker than tension and usually use a smaller hook to compensate for this but on this project I used the specified hook which probably accounts for it turning out a bit larger. Now it is blocking it is more of the size of the Blue Curacao. I think my sister in law will love it as it is very light and airy and yet I think will be warm because of the kid mohair.

I am starting next on some knitting for babies. I have a new 8lbs neighbour. A little girl called Megan who I want to make a bit of something for and one of the Noras is a foster mum with a new foster baby so he needs a cardigan or two.

The shed got Freecycled yesterday. A guy came with a Land rover and loaded it in so by this weekend it will be residing in someone else's garden. I think Freecycle is a great idea. The shed was old but had some life left in it. I didn't want it anymore and he did so we are both happy. If you are not a member of Freecycle and want to get rid of any unwanted furniture or household items then I hope that you will join and let someone else make use of your unwanted goods for free.