Last spring my parents went on a Baltic cruise, and they brought me back the most wonderful gift. A giant skein of undyed sheeps wool from Estonia. This was the best gift I've ever been given besides the three snow days in a row that Mother Nature just presented us AND the Mike Milbury autograph my dad brought me back from a baseball trip when I was in high school. Don't ask.
I have spent months researching Estonian patterns - borrowing books from the library and browsing the patterns on ravelry. I just knew that the project had to be very special and worthy of the wool. And then December came, and I was gettting anxious about my EZ project. I need to finish a few last Elizabeth Zimmerman patterns in order to pull it off. And then I found Wendy Johnson's Shetland Pi Shawl that she had designed to celebrate Elizabeth Zimmerman's 100th year. It is more than worthy of my precious wool, and it is written in 5 easy-to-follow parts. I finished part 1 yesterday before heading to bed, and I finished part 2 shortly after lunch today, and now I am into part 3.
Of course, I should really be knitting Christmas gifts, but I can not stop knitting this shawl for the life of me. I am loving it. It's highly addictive.
And that was Snow Day #3.
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5 comments:
Wonderful!! I look forward to seeing it in person....
Er, ah . . . EZ? What is that?!?! Doodle, it's gonna be awesome. I not so secretly hope you'll wrap it up for me! ;p
Wow what a fabulous gift! And what a fabulous project to knit from it. I hope it all goes smoothly. I'm so eager to see it!!!
I gasped a little when I saw the skein at the top. When I read where it came from, I started smiling/feeling slightly jealous.
What a wonderful gift and excellent choice of project for it!
That yarn looks so lovely! Can't wait to see the Pi Shawl done!
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