I picked up knitting again during Hurricane Ike. There are only a few of things you can do by candlelight while awake, and I, for one, got tired of playing with my candle.

Made this shawl for my sister out of worsted weight and 8mm needles. I started at the top and included shoulder shaping and a gusset. It is nice and roomy and she tells me it stays on very well.

Right....I've finally cracked and bought Debbie Stollers 'Son of stitch n bitch' as I was reading through the book and went through some of the patterns all I could think was 'am I this dumb or is thi