Not much knitting.....

.....but certain members of the diviknitty household have been indulging in a little sunbathing with the onset of a (long awaited) burst of summer weather! Everyone say aaah......!

So, there really hasn't been a lot of knitting go on, due to a period of manic activity both at work and home, but I did crochet a square with the laceweight I dyed at Liz's workshop. Youngest daughter has asked for a shawl - she loved the colours - and I want to work it from the centre out but it was so fiddly and in the end I couldn't be bothered. A central crocheted square seemed like a good compromise. Stitches will be picked up on 4dpns and worked in rounds, increasing at the corners with yarn overs.

This has had a few false starts and has been ripped out and started over more than once. I've got just the one skein of Schaeffer Anne in this colourway, and with 560 yards, I'm hoping to be able to complete a short sleeveless vest. Initially, I picked stitch patterns that used too much yarn, but I eventually found this one and so far, so good. I'm about halfway up the armhole shaping and seem to have plenty of yarn left. If I do a deep v-neck on the front, I should be able to stretch it out.....