'knitting kites'

A few weeks ago when I was blocking the third of four shawls that have come off the needles lately, my husband joked about my knitting another kite. He knows they're shawls because he sees me wearing them, not flying them, but I think he was pointing out that shawls are pretty much all I've been knitting for weeks and weeks now.

This is true and may be partly because I joined the '11 Shawls in 2011' group on Ravelry, although I think I joined the group because I was already in the mood for lots of shawl knitting, especially small shawls.

I know there's another shawl just waiting to be cast on but I am turning to a couple of other projects before I start another 'kite'. Digging deep into the stash, I pulled out six balls of a creamy white Debbie Bliss Merino DK that I bought more than ten years ago.

With so much of my brainpower being used up at work and in my classes, I am choosing another simple project for this wool. It's Susan Hanlon's Stylish Squares blanket. The design is for an adult sized blanket knit in an Aran weight wool, but I'm going to see if I can't eke out a baby sized blanket with the six balls of the DK.

This now-discontinued yarn can still be found in knitters' stashes on Ravelry, so if push comes to shove, I will try to buy or trade for some more. I've really been trying to knit from the stash, though, so I hope what I have will be enough.

I laid out this shawl to block this morning. It's another very simple project based on the Garter Stitch Triangle and I used very plain undyed wool for the body and some Alfa for the attached i-cord.

With March going out like a lion here in NYC, I can probably get some wear out of this one before more springlike weather takes hold.