almost done...

it has taken longer than anticipated...

...not because it is difficult, mind you.  

the pattern is well-written and easy-to-follow...

no, it's me...

too much on my plate and too unfocused for even the simplest lace...

...however, after two weeks, the avonlea shawl is almost done!  just need to bind off, and then I will get to blocking...

avonlea shawl...

I had the good fortune to meet the delightful young designer audry nicklin last week...

audry nicklin with her book

she and her mother were passing through Mendocino on their way home to the bay area where, as any real knitter would,

she made her way to my favorite yarn shop...

 Audry is the author of LIT KNITS, a well-organized book of 
ten projects inspired by classic literature...

of course, I bought the book

this weekend I pulled out three skeins of o-wool 2-ply
in a lovely plum
and cast on the Avonlea shawl...

something comforting--a symbolic hug--for a friend who is 
experiencing great sorrow...

pardon me...
I must get back to my knitting...

peace...

"We aren't going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality."

...Martin Luther King, Jr.  1967