~ spring shawls ~

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Exactly 10 days before Easter,

and the annual egg hunt at my grandparents' farm,

my mother (love her) requested shawls for each girl, in lieu of store-bought sweaters.

I have been wanting to make them a shawl each,

but with such a deadline......

I'm just crazy enough to do it!

A total of 36,000 stitches in 10 days.....I was knitting constantly!

I took a little break afterwards.....

This is the Little House Shawl from Rhythm of the Home.

Here's the Ravelry page, and my project page.

I wanted something washable, but still soft, so I chose my standby Berroco Comfort DK,

from my LYS Things Remembered here in town.

It's a superfine nylon, superfine acrylic blend. and very very soft. 

It looks more like cotton than a synthetic blend, though it works easier than cotton.

We tied the shawls behind their backs,

so they looked and wore like a little bolero.

As a testament to the shawls, they wore them all day and they didn't shift or slip from the shoulders.

And while I'm at it, I'll throw in some other family pictures from a perfect day. :D 

~carrie~

Easter Visit - Part 1

We went north to Virginia

to visit family for Easter.

The weather was perfect 

for adventuring outdoors.

~ liv, lela and gran ~

Lela had a special time

walking with Pop in the woods. 

They saw a large black snake

and a flying squirrel!

Wish I had a picture of that!

~ redbud we gave my parents in 2003 ~

There was lots of time 

to play with Kitty.

Don't these two look 

like the twins now?

~ lela and liv with kitty ~

~ easter baskets on sunday morning ~

I made another set of angry chicken bonnets.  

This time with white eyelet

and rosebud ribbon.  

~ liv ~

~ laurel ~

The girls all wore matching 

bonnets and dresses,

a gift from Gran and Pop.

~ lela, pop, laurel, gran and liv ~

Next up - Egg Hunt!

Peace,

Carrie