Chocolate and Vanilla

I have been busy working on six new shawls. Here is a sneak peek at the first one, Chocolate and Vanilla, worked in two different lace patterns. The yarn is from Uruguay-based Abuelita Yarns, their baby merino lace. It is wonderfully soft, non-shedding, and has excellent drape. I’m very pleased with their products and their personnel – such nice people to work with! If you are going to TNNA in Columbus, please stop by their booth and tell them I recommended their yarn.

The shawl pattern will be available next week, assuming that my hands recover enough from my recent gardening adventures to make the technique photos feasible. I’ve given up on having perfect nails, but I don’t think that anyone wants to see Band-Aids.

Meanwhile, I’ve been taking photos of this and my other finished shawls. The mannequin doesn’t have to worry about the condition of her hands, seeing as how she does not have arms!

The Book-That-Must-Not-Be-Named has made it through the first round of copy-editing. I made my revisions and sent it back to the publisher. (Two of the projects in there also use Abuelita baby merino lace.) Next step will be a design meeting, where I hope to get a look at some suggested page layouts, typeface, color scheme, and cover. I expect that once the cover is ready, I will be free to reveal the book title and content. Let’s hope so, otherwise we might have an answer to the question, “What does it sound like when a designer explodes?”