Which one matches better?

I am wearing a brown dress to a function and want to make a shawl to go with it. Which one do you think it's better?

Option 1:

This is a silk lace yarn that I will most likely make Eunny Jang's Print O Wave shawl. For those that don't have Ravelry, this is what the wave shawl looks like.

Option 2:

This is the JaggerSpun Silk-Merino lace that will be made into the Orenburg Triangle Shawl. You can take a look at the shawl here too.

Here are they with darker lighting:


Please let me know which one you think it's better. Thanks!

Too hot to knit

Haven't been motivated to knit due to the weather but here are some finish objects.

The broken needle project had a happy ending. Here's the proof:


I also finished the first self stripping sock:


And here's him goofing around with my cherry blossom shawl:

Sigh

I knew something bad happened when I saw the knitting was too close to the door as I close it.....Only 10 rows away from bind off....now I have to go find the backup needles....

Still not a lot of knitting, but some fun stuff to report

Don't know what happened to my knitting mojo but just haven't been knitting that much. I am still knitting, just not at the crazy pace I used to do it. Maybe it's because there are too much stuff to do lately?

I did go to Lacy Knitter's Guild meeting and here's a cute little thing our friend Wes shared:

It's a pattern with those cherubs like in ancient art works except if you look closely, they are listening to a radio :-)

Here's the pattern and maybe a better look:


I did manage to get the second of the cashmere lace mitts done and here's official model modeling it:


That's all for now. I need to get cranking on some stuff that has deadlines...

Not much knitting, many things to report

There hasn't been much knitting because of the move and all other stuff, but here's a recap of things in past couple month.

First there was Stitches West 2009 conference. Here are a few wonderful things we saw.

A wonderful Bohus sweater:


She had a beautiful silk blouse underneath too:


Lily Chin is always a great entertainer. Here she is as "Cruella De Lil":


I took a Norwegian Purl class with the wonderful Beth Brown-Reinsel and here's a little sample from the class:


I took a picture and ripped it out so I can make a mitten:


The only modification I made from the original pattern was making the corrugated ribbing at the cuff so I can practice that some more from the class.

One "out there" thing at Stitches was my ticket winning a alpaca hat at the student banquet. Here's me wearing the hat:


Most peoples' reaction is: "You look like an Eskimo!"

What's happening?!

What's happening? I am blogging more then once a month?! :-)

Pam and I attended the Tea with Louisa Harding at the Green Planet Yarn and had a wonderful time.


Here's me and Pam with Ms Harding


I am so excited and happy about the new mitts, had to share them. They are made with the most wonderful cashmere, ever!


Here's me wearing it


I can't believe I am blogging when I should be packing.

Found a cute button

I found a cute flower button to complete the Clara dress:


Here's the TeddyBorg modeling the dress:


I need a less threatening looking doll to do my modeling :-)