And finally some pictures! *wild cheering ensues*

I posted a couple of times about the peacock doily that I am working on for my mom- well... I made a slight miscalculation in the amount of cotton thread that I had left and have abruptly run out. There is no way that this will be done by Mother's Day, but my mom has been sort of warned that her gift will be unfinished.
So far...


I really like the pattern very much- it is incredibly easy to follow. The major downside (other than my brain cramp with the yarn amount) is that the cotton thread is somewhat difficult to manipulate around my plastic Denise cords at times. I believe that is just the nature of the yarn fiber, though, and not the pattern itself.

Because I haven't been able to work on the doily, I decided to do something novel and try to finish some of the projects I already had in progress rather than start a new one. What a concept!

First up... I finished my Short Row Rib Scarf, as seen in Magknits. Made with Malabrigo in the Bobby Blue colorway. I purposely did extra middle repeats so I could make the scarf long enough to wrap around my neck twice during the really cold parts of the winter. It is super warm, and unlike many other wools, doesn't bother my neck too badly.


Second... The Hurry Up Spring Armwarmers I started ages ago. These things have the same problem as socks- you start one and then put the second aside. I neglected to follow the directions, however, and had to back track because I was accidently trying to create the thumb gusset on the wrong side. Created with Knitpicks Merino Style in Dusk.


The Dulaan knitting is finally complete for April and in many respects, I am sorry to see it end. My mom and I have talked it over and have decided that every April we are going to choose a charity to knit for since it helps with our Spring fever. Final total is 72 hats. I am going to take this weekend to check them all and make sure the top seam gathers on all the hats are solid, and then will be putting them in the mail next week.


A new month for Project Spectrum! May is for green, so to commemorate the start of May, here are a couple of snapshots of my house. Notice the new green leaves on the tree and the actual start of green grass out front. How exciting! My brother and I spent a laborous weekend of pulling up the old shrubs in front- I've since planted a new lilac bush and a forsythia. And once it gets warm enough, I am going to fill all of those window boxes with flowers. I love color!
*picture removed due to security issues around where I live over the weekend*