Or so it feels, anyway. I received a really lovely package from my Secret Pal today (more on that later) and was instantly inspired to compose the next package to send my spoilee. Well, that’s where it ended. No idea whatsoever what to send. I mean, I have a few ideas of yarn to get her (okay, so now you know she’s a she, but aren’t about 95% of all SP participants) but, um, that’s basically where it ends right now. Argh.

I just remembered, I’m always like this around Christmas. I can never think of what to get people. I usually rely on last-minute shopping. Argh.

Anyway, I’ve complained about this to my knitting buddy Linster more than once, and she always comes up with great suggestions of what to get my spoilee. Unfortunately I rarely take note of them and in any case feel it’s my duty to come up with ideas of what to send. I really should get over myself.

Well, as you can see, the Knitting Cookie has officially moved. I got so tired of Blogger (I have about zero patience, in general) constantly refusing to upload my pictures, or being unaccessible, etc. that I decided to relocate. I like it!

To celebrate my move, I’ve rediscovered my lovely little camera (well, not exclusively for the purpose of celebration, but it’s turned up anyway) and am therefore including in this, my first post, the following little darling:

It’s Snowdrop!

It’s supposed to have fifteen snowdrop repeats when finished (if I remember correctly), and I’m working on #11 now (I think). Come to think of it, there’s actually more repeats than fifteen, because if there were only fifteen then this shawl would measure about 20 inches from the point to the i-cord edge, and…

[Pause, during which I locate the .pdf pattern and see what I'm talking about.]

Ah. We’re actually talking 23 snowdrops. Much better. (The pattern can be found here, if anyone wants to double-check.) I actually pinned the shawl in progress to the back of the couch (which is just about the only place in our apartment not covered in not-yet-unpacked stuff from the move), and I think it looks pretty good. No doubt a good washing and blocking will make it even more stunning, later.