whackadoodle coconut

I have a few new projects in the queue that I will be making.  First a second Summer Blooms Shawl by Susanna IC for my mom with this yarn and these beads. And then I will be making Cameo by Wendy Bernard for myself out of Noro Retro.  I am so glad that I was able to pick up this yarn.  I haven't seen it anywhere and I don't know if it's discontinued or anything.  It's a tonal grey color with bits of brown and white in there in some of the places.  Really looking forward to it!

This past week I had the opportunity to visit a not so local, but close by some means yarn store about 30 minutes from where I live.  It's closer than Santa Barbara.  My mom and I drove up and she picked out a lacy shawlette for me to make and purchased the pattern.  I have spent the week off and on practicing and putting together what I need to make it.  I even joined the ravelry group for he KAL. It took about an hour and half to cast on the 417 stitches needed to start and I will work 34 rows of the pattern before the short row shaping and be done.  If the practice works out, I will get the yarn to do the real thing.  It's easy enough, although I have run into a couple of snags that I need help with.  This will be my first official lace knit and beaded project.