It has been just crazy for the last two weeks. We have had really warm weather, blizzard warnings, a broken water heater, more medical testing, and another trip to the hospital. March has been a bad, bad boy. Tomorrow March will be going out like a lion as there is a rather major snow storm on the way that promises to gift us with either 2 inches or a whole foot of snow. As usual for this time of year, we won’t really know for sure until the snow stops falling. One thing is for sure, the roses are going to come out of this looking a little worse for the wear…
I have been dealing with all the stress and commotion in my usual manner; lots of knitting. My latest “Find Your Fade” shawl has been growing at an impressive rate.
Tomorrow I will be (surprise) casting on the start of a third Fade shawl just in time for the snow storm. This is addictive. I just need to see how the colors will go together.
MacKenzie, how do you feel about purple, magenta and turquoise yarn?
Yarn, Books & Roses 
Sorry about your month, but the shawl is wonderful
Thank you!! I’m looking forward to a better month and a new shawl.
March will go out like a lion but it doesn’t even have a full day left! Your Fade #2 turned out beautifully. Can’t wait to see the color combo for #3.
I hope you and your family are doing better. Sending prayers.
March came in like a lamb, so I guess it is only fitting that there is some roaring at the end of the month. It’s pretty overcast as I type this so I’m thinking that the storm is starting to wind up. Knitting time!!
Things are better today. Hope the trend holds…
Your version of this shawl is outstanding! I love the colors you’ve chosen! Hoping April brings better tidings to you and yours.
Thank you. I bought the browns and the blue last year and it’s taken me some time to figure out how to combine them. The new speckled yarns provided the bridges that I needed to make it all work.
I am looking forward to April. Be a good month, April, are you listening to me?
I hope April is kind to you and your family:)
Fade #2 is spectacular!! The colors are just stunning. It is giving me the itch to cast one on…
We’re hoping that April will be kind, also. What else could go wrong? Surely the universe will soon tire of toying with us. The last straw was the leaking water heater that I found in my son’s apartment when I went there to get his clothes and his phone charger while he was in the hospital…
Thanks for the fade feed-back. These shawls are so much fun, and they are so big you can wrap up in them and really show off the colors.
Beautiful! I’m about to start my first Fade as a vacation project. Using up some stash yarn too, so that’s a bonus. Here’s to spring and warmth arriving for real in April!
I really made some progress in using up stash yarn but then I had to get the two speckled yarns to make the transitions work the way that I wanted. I can’t wait to see what you come up with. This fading thing is so much fun!
This is stunning, Marilyn! This is one of the prettiest color selections I’ve seen. I absolutely love it. Sending lots and lots of warm thoughts your way.
Thank you. I really am liking it a lot. I’m wrapped up in the shawl drinking my morning coffee as I type this. So happy with the alpaca/silk yarns in the mix, and the Madelinetosh yarns add the squish factor. Just a happy, good looking shawl. Just what the doctor ordered!!
Another huge knitting win! Knitting wins can really help the psyche when going through so much. Love love love the colors on that one too!
It is a knitting win! I am taking a break to do the income taxes (not a win!) and then the next one is getting cast on right away. I just need the happy knitting and beautiful colors.
Great finish on your Fade. I can believe this is your second and you already have a third started.
Thanks. I’ve been sucked into the Fade vortex for sure. 🙂
Beautiful! And even more impressive in person. Just finished one project and have a couple more that have a timeline on them to finish before I start my Fade. But,… don’t know if I can hold out. I am getting weaker by the minute!
You know you want to cast on April 1st. I wound my yarn so I can start bright and early…
Hope this month is better for you. Your shawl is gorgeous, those colours are beautiful together.
So far April is behaving itself. Thanks for the shawl feedback. This one is a keeper!