5S: finished objects!

No idea how I managed to miss posting last week. To make up for it, you get a two-fer this week.

First, the late-for-spring shawl is off the needles!

Here it is unblocked:

It has a wingspan of 55 inches, and a length of 26 inches from top middle to bottom tip. That means when it's blocked, it will be far larger than that (read: HUGE!). That's the idea though - it's meant to be shawl to wrap up in in the winter.

This took about one and three-quarters skeins of yarn. I still have another skein and the leftover quarter, so I can probably get another smaller shawl out of what's left.

I also finished the fallberry scarf:

Blocking really makes the pattern pop out. The Cascade 220 Sport Superwash has a nice drape to it. I've got more of it in a beige color, so that will be another scarf at some point.

Loved the pattern - easy but interesting, and it knit up quickly.

I am well into Christmas knitting, so knitting posts may be skimpy for awhile because the recipients of my Christmas knitting read this blog, so I won't be able to post progress pictures until after the holidays. Posting will also be skimpy in November because I'm participating in NaNoWriMo, and will be attempting to write 3000 words a day, which is double my usual daily word count. My hands are going to be very tired by the end of this year.