whackadoodle coconut

Just wanted to share the updated blocking of my first shawl and the progress on my second shawl.

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!

so I'm still working on my "test" summer blooms.  I am hoping to have enough yarn just sitting around to finish the short rows.  I have used up the last of the yarn from my sweater and a half ball from a pair of socks I made a few months back and I might have to break into another ball to finish.  it's okay since the yarn is kind of old and the blocking should soften it up a bit.  3 more rows until the 68 short rows!  Yay! about 3 rows short of the short rows tester of the 32 row repeat didn't look right, so I cast on all 417 st for another test