The Shawl that Knit Itself

Yesterday for Valentine's Day, Tobin and I spent the day relaxing and doing our favorite things: He sat on the couch playing video games, and I sat on the couch watching him play video games and knitting. We've both been so busy lately that we haven't taken the time out to just sit back and relax, so it was a much needed break for both of us.

I don't much like playing video games (it takes far too much time away from my knitting and spinning) but I like to watch Tobin play. It's like watching a movie, which is a perfect occupation to go with knitting.

Friday night, my Sakura Laminaria looked like this:



It was  just a center-pull ball of potential shawl-ness.

By last night, it looked like this:



This is knitting itself. Really, I don't think I'm doing anything at all, just moving my hands and watching Tobin play Fear 2 (which is really, really scary, by the way)  and then I look down and it's a shawl.




I love how it's turning out. The BonBon is simultaneously soft and squishy and silky. The colors came out exactly as I wanted them too. And I love, love, love how the star pattern is reminiscent of tiny little cherry blossoms.





I'm already through 3 repeats of the Star Chart, the Transition Chart and halfway through the second repeat of the Blossom Chart.

I'm going rock-climbing today, which is my second favorite thing to do after all of my fiber-related hobbies, but I gotta tell you: It's really rough leaving this shawl at home. It's raining and blustering and weathering outside (we don't get much of that out here in sunny C-A) and it's making me want to snuggle up with my cats and my shawl and watch her grow.



Though, since she's apparently knitting herself, maybe when I get back from climbing today she'll be done.