This past week, I’ve been plotting like crazy, which also means I’ve been knitting like crazy. Here’s what I’ve accomplished.

First off, I’ve been plugging along, knitting the border on that Lady’s Circular Cape in KidSilk Haze. The pattern is in Victorian Lace Today. I was making good progress on this last winter, until I realized that I was going to run out of yarn. I had two balls left when I started the border and didn’t get to the halfway point with the first one. Ooops. Naturally, this yarn had been aging in my stash so there was no more to be found in the same dye lot. I ordered a ball from the same vendor and it was really different – it looked like a different yarn, as well as being a different colour. I finally found a decent match in the old stock at my LYS – she said she thought Rowan must have changed mills for KSH, because she had also noticed that the newer stock looked different. (It’s shinier, as if it has more silk.)

So, with that solved, I’ve gotten back to it. Here’s a peek:

What you’re seeing here is the part of the shawl that has the border knitted on already. The neck is at the bottom of this shot, and you can see (at the pink thread) where I began to attach the border at the centre back of the neck. It then goes down one front and along the hem. There are 13 scallops in the entire shawl – you can see 4 here. I have 5 more to go, then up the other side and back to the centre back neck. Exactly one ball of KSH – 225m of knitting – to go.

The issue with this border is that I can’t knit it while I’m watching television. I have to pay attention. So, since we’ve been watching DVD’s of the first season of House, I’ve been knitting something else. Also Kidsilk Haze – but this is the new KSH Stripe.

This is my pattern, Caliente, which is free on Ravelry. I made it narrower than the pattern specifies, increasing only to four diamonds in width. I’m thinking this is about halfway, but am not yet sure how I’ll know when to start the decreases for the other end. I’ll likely guess, and if I’m wrong, I’ll be frogging KSH. Ick. I’d better make it a good guess!