Knitting for Christmas and finishing the second Christmas gift, I realized I have not showed my first shawl here. So here are some pictures of the shawl I knitted almost a year - knitted one skein end of winter 2009 and not able to find more yarn till November, than finished it in a few evenings. It is the first thing I ever blocked too! The two additional skeins are a little darker as eco wool - yes, it is pure wool -  varies a lot in colour and these were quite spaced in time... Recently I knitted a similar shawl for Mom.  And see more shawls to join them in the future too.  Knitting this one was so rewarding, that I started another similar one to0.

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I started a shawl last winter. It was supposed to be a one skein project. But it was not. And the worse thing was I had only one skein. And none of the shops around seemed to have a single skein.... so I had to store it.. because re-knitting it on bigger needles did not help enough. Today I received 3 new skeins and I just started knitting it again! Ordering from a distant shop was my last chance and it worked thanks to a lovely lady. Back to knitting now! Pure wool in blue feels good!