Non Sock Knitting and Such

What am I working on?
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I am working on enjoying the feeling of a finished PAIR of socks.  I am modeling for the picture, but these socks are actually a gift.  I will be sad to see them go as they are very pretty and fit very well.  
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   Regia Silk, fingering weight
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Can’t have empty needles, not that I would have that problem ever in this lifetime…but I had a couple of empty sets, soooo…..Haus of Yarn just received a huge shipment of Noro sock yarn.  Carolyn and I were talking about what we could make out of it besides socks.  Is there something more to life than socks? Yepper!  So, I am working on  a mitered shawl.  There are three parts:  one big square and then pick up stitches on one side of the square and knit a triangle (repeat that again on the other side) and you have a finished triangle shawl.  I am on the big square that will be in the center and had to cast on a BUNCH of stitches so it seems like forever to finish one row.  I decrease two stitches every other row, so the stitch count is going down, sloooowly, but surely.  I love the colors and have not gotten to the end of the first repeat.  Yet.  It is like Christmas….I can’t wait to see the next color and want to keep knitting.
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Free Pattern Time!  Scarf this time instead of socks.  Wow, all this Non Sock content.    Dyeabolical Yarns has this really great scarf called Alexio’s Scarf and you can see it on her blog and it looks like Coral Snakes!!!…Very Cool!  This is a Must Knit for sure.  I would have pushed the “Buy Me Now” button if it had not been free.
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  Purple Fix.  Need a Purple fix?  Well, I can help you with that.  My Mom visited last night and mentioned she thought the lavender blooms look like beaded flowers.  I agree….very pretty!
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   Purple and Green, a few of my Favorite Things!