Vacation Knitting

I recently went on a roadtrip to Colorado, to visit my mom and to spend some time in the mountains. I knew I'd have a lot of time in the car to knit. Since the vacation would be relaxed, with no place we needed to be at a certain time, I thought I would have plenty of opportunity to knit. I wanted a fun and interesting project, but not something too complicated that might require techniques I wasn't familiar with. So I decided to make an Ishbel shawl (Ravelry link), something I'd made before.

I'm quite happy with the results! The Malabrigo sock yarn is very nice too. This color is Tiziano Red and I love the subtle variations in shade.

I love looking at the pre-blocking pictures and comparing them to the finished object. Sometimes blocking seems like a pain, but it is so worth it. (This obviously is the before.)

The biggest lesson of this Ishbel: I have learned so much about lace knitting in the year since the first time I made this shawl. I found I am now a confident lace knitter. That somewhat surprised me.