A Quick Post Before Adventure

An early post usually means, we're off to an adventure. Newport is our next stop and I'm super excited to experience 60 degree temperatures during our current heat wave in Oregon. After driving around my younger son to the dentist yesterday during the heat of the day...I'm ready for a cool off.

I started testing a pi shawl and I didn't like how the how the lace was knitting  up, so I started on a dk weight yarn and then used smaller needles for the lace weight yarn. The test is using Yarn Pond, so I get to track my progress differently. If you're ever considering a test...here are all the different platforms I've used to test for others:

• Ravelry
• Facebook
• Slack
• Yarnpond
• Messenger

I've enjoyed each of the platforms for different reasons. Yarnpond is brand new to me, but I'm tempted to try it to run a test for my own pattern ideas. There are fees to run tests on this site.

Lastly, I wanted to highlight a beautiful set of patterns: Jana Huck's Dots Collection.

I'm not a a shawl believer, yet I still make them. The textures in this collection are great. In addition to the dots, there are stripes and a lovely use color.

I'll update once I have some good pictures, check back in on Sunday. Have fun :).