July 10th 2011: I cast on this project right before leaving the USA. My home town in Italy is very hot so I thought a shawl would be a nice Summer project. It is true but I am now knitting the Willow Leaves motif and it takes an AWFUL lot of time. I knit 4 rows a day and they take a lot of time….and I can’t memorize a couple of rows….maybe it’s the hot weather… anyway, it’s growing…I did put markers every three repeats of the pattern to try to minimize mistakes.
July, 17th 2011: i finished the Willow Leaves, hurrah!!!Onto the border….I am NOT looking forward to having 800+ stitches on my needles…
July 20th 2011: I finished the shawl yesterday and managed to block it today. It looks beautiful to me…