It was supposed to be about how I triumphed in my mad dash of getting my shawl done in time to wear to Steph's wedding. There would be pictures from the venue, of loving friends, three of us sporting our shawls, of Mikayla and I happily knitting on our socks at the reception table, of us looking fabulous and amazing, showing off our new outfits, showing off our partners. Happy memories, joyous times...
But, the universe laughed and screamed, "FUCK THAT!"
I should have heeded the warnings.
Everything was going too well.
I found a fabulous dress in a color that I adored at a super deep discount. PLUS it matched a lip color that I had wanted to buy at Ulta (which I did) AND I found a matching eyeshadow.
I finished my shawl days before my deadline. It was easy to block out. Came out to the perfect size, despite me leaving off the last few rows.
The Red Tide even stayed away, which as a PCOS sufferer, is always a gamble.
It was all coming together.
Then Saturday dawned.
Everything went to shit Saturday. Everything was going wrong. But still, we made it out the door (extremely late, but not so late that we'd miss the wedding), looking good, makeup and hair perfect, and started towards the venue. We were about 40 minutes into the journey when our car decided that the rest of our day was going to go from bad to worse.
I'll spare you the details, but our car completely died on us. And there was no resurrecting it. We had to be towed back home.
Needless to say, we missed the wedding.
And, if that wasn't enough, it also ruined the surprise outing John had planned for today as my birthday present.
Yeah...
So, instead of the much lovelier post this should have been, you'll have to deal with just another regular finished shawl post.
What? We weren't about to waste looking this good by not at least going and taking pics.
So, I went back and forth about what shawl I actually wanted to do for this project. I knew I wanted to use my lovely speckled yarn, but was unsure of what I wanted to pair it with.
I just happened to stumble upon the newly released When You're Fast Asleep shawl pattern on instagram and knew I had found a winner.
The next issue was deciding what color I wanted to pair with it. Because the yarn had all manner of rainbow speckles, my choices were virtually limitless.
After much agonizing and deliberating, I decided on MadTosh Merino Light in Glazed Pecan. It was a good brassy gold, not too yellow, and not too muted. AND it was on sale.
The problem is that I took so long deciding that by the time I ordered the yarn and had it arrive, it was already Thursday the 6th. And I had to have the whole thing done and ready by the 15th. That, my friends, is a REALLY FRIGGIN TIGHT DEADLINE.
But, I got her done.
And she is rather lovely.
I decided to give my project the title of Carnival in the Castle for a few different reasons. One, the original pattern was based on Cinderella's castle. Two, the speckled yarn is the Carnival colorway from Malabrigo. And third, I'm just bloody clever like that.
It was a fairly straightforward knit, which was a blessing. The stockinette sections definitely got a little tedious, but the lace made up for it.
If I remember correctly, I came out with a 78 inch wingspan, which I was quite pleased about. Especially because my shawl is actually a few rows shorter than the pattern as written.
Yes, my friends. For the first time in my life, I KNIT A SHAWL SMALLER THAN THE PATTERN SAID TO!
Maybe I was just trying to get hell to freeze over since it's been so GATDAMNED hot here.
Orrrrr... maybe I was lazy and just didn't want to have to weave in two more ends.
Regardless, I really do love this shawl. And while I'm devastated about having to miss the wedding (the brain gremlins are being particularly nasty in that regard today), I figure I'll just have to find an excuse to wear this whole ensemble to some snazzy future event.
BONUS CONTENT!
Can't really leave off without showing off my hot-as-feck spouse.
He has fully embraced purple as his color and, I must say, the results are rather.... breathtaking.
..............................
I may have a case of the vapors.
I had fully intended on getting my blog anniversary post done this weekend, but with my brain being all ridiculous and depression-y/anxiety-y right now, I'm going to hold off until I'm in a better state of mind.
I mean, I have yet to post one on the actual anniversary anyways. What's another couple of days?
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