fox tails shawl is finished!

after a start on an airplane, lots of office lunch knitting and even some on-location NASA knitting, my fox tails shawl is complete! this is my first shawl knit with malabrigo yarn, my first lace knitting (successful too!) and my first time to block something.

it was quite a bit of fun.  i had easy rows mostly, but then i got to practice counting all the repeats for the lace.  i learned some knew knit stitches and i think i did a lovely job.  i can hardly tell i knit it myself, so that's a plus.

forgive the weird angle thing with the camera and my face.  something moved as i was taking the picture and it looks very long and angular.  i'll wear it with a nicer shirt or dress later...this was my i-was-too-excited-to-change-my-shirt photo.

while i have a few welding caps to finish and my happy pill quilt for the bed, i also picked my next yarn and knitting project.  i'm going to try a tank top from purl soho with this lovely cotton yarn in "lipstick" color.

i even wound that yarn by hand.  :) 

lunchtime knitting at NASA

this is the t-38 talon park at johnson space center.  sometimes i go there to eat my lunch, to get away from my office and coworkers and just have some peace of mind.

today, i continued working on my "fox tails" shawl.  it was gorgeous outside - a light breeze that was cool with the sun shining through the oaks.  to the left and out of view are the talon jets.  in the center is the shuttle mock-up and an actual cargo plane that carried the shuttles back.