Icarus Takes Off

The yarn for the Icarus Shawl arrived yesterday. It's so very, very yummy. I was too busy yesterday to cast on and too distracted for that matter, but I managed to cast on today. And start over two or three (or four?) times. It's really too hot for knitting today and while I think I'm starting to figure out how to read charts (I've knitted 6 rows of Chart 1 so far), it's still a bit scary and I think this will end up being a months-long project. I'm already starting to think that it's better to just knit one or two rows at a time. And when I get further along, probably just knitting one or only half of a row will be the best thing to do.

But. I've cast on. The Icarus Shawl is on the way!

Jaywalker, the Second - First Sock

One down. One to go. I started this on May 10th and suffered somewhat from Second Sock Syndrom even while doing the first sock. Of course, having a few other projects to finish while doing this didn't help. I have a feeling that I'll get the second sock done, though, since I'm making a present of these and that always helps motivation.