[Not much] Shetland Triangle progress

I'm joining the ranks of knitbloggers out there who are complaing about this heat. Yesterday was up to 98 degrees, and the humidity was awful. It was so unbearably hot, I did something I haven't done in a little over 5 years. I bought a bathing suit and went for a dip in the pool.

The heat hasn't inspired me to knit much. On the needles I have an afghan, which isn't ideal for summer knitting and an alpaca shawl, which I can't knit more then a few rows on each night.

The shawl is growing though:


A close up:

I love the way lace while being knit looks like nothing more then a jumbled mess, yet after a nice bath and a healthy block becomes a beautiful piece of fabric. This shawl is at about 50% at the moment. I'm hoping since it's cooler today, I'll be able to knit a little more on it.

I'm enjoying the lace knitting so much (Reading a chart is fun!) that I ordered an alpaca/silk blend from Elann.com to knit the Kiri Shawl next.

In other knitting related news, I ordered a new knitting book, Knitting Nature. Will I ever knit from it? Probably not. But there are some beautiful pieces in there that I love to look at.