This little puppy, Toshie, is going to have married parents. My sister Carla and her ... Jim ... (I find the word fiancee a bit overwhelming and betrothed is just pretentious) are getting hitched on October 5th, and I'm so excited and happy for them.
So I have a big project ahead of me, I'm knitting her a wedding shawl. It is 100% silk lace custom dyed by Felicia Lo of Sweet Georgia Yarns and it showed up late last week. I'm not sure of all the logistics from the dyeing, I'm just the knitter, but her shawl is a gorgeous gold color. As a gift to me as her Knitter of Honor (and also I'm signing for her) she got me some silk lace yarn to make a shawl for myself in the other wedding color, aubergine.
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So I'm still finalizing the pattern I'll be knitting both these yarns into, but there are so many choices and I really want it to suit the dress (which is super pretty but a secret until the big day). So I will be spending a few more hours trolling Ravelry and deciding what I want the gorgeous yarns to become, but I will be casting on soon because I need this to be done by the mid-summer so I can finish up my own shawl and whatever wedding knitting comes my way.