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I finished my Archangel of Mass Transit shawl -- actually, it's the Sariel shawl by Corrine Ferguson, and it's well worth $6 to have the pattern.

( Seriously, this was a fun shawl to knit )I'm using the leftover yarn to make another Van Ness crocheted scarf, which looks fairly spectacular in a multicolor like Malabrigo Silky in the 'archangel' colorway.

I'm also finishing up my Ringwood gloves in Malabrigo Worsted in 'snowbird' -- they're incredibly comfortable, and about 75% finished.

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Next up -- Baby Alligator scarf in Cascade Sierra in a bright yellow-green (color 48). If I have to make it shorter because the yardage isn't perfect, I don't think it will matter much, since I'm making it for a baby.

I'm moving right along on them -- I should be finished with them tomorrow or Friday, and can cast on something else. I'm still not sure what I'll be making The Neice for Christmas, but I do want to make a new set of fingerless mitts for me -- I like this pattern: Jasmine Lace Fingerless Mitt, but I'll have to make more charts, since they only have a chart for the back-of-the-hand lace, and not the diamond-and-ribbing cuff.

I finally got to a meeting of the Hat Interest study group of my guild today. It was very neat.

We met at the home of the member who is a professional milliner and has an amazing collection of reference material, equipment, and vintage hats.

She's convinced me that it wouldn't be too hard to make myself more tall hats (maybe using the Margo Anderson pattern), and even branch out into different hats.

The demonstration of how to use millinery grosgrain -- it's openweave, so it can be steamed to curve unlike normal grosgrain -- to edge a brim was interesting.

Also, it looks like I may be able to get help taking apart one of my older Bravissimo shirts to make a pattern from it, and maybe even a sewing buddy out of this group, so it was a lot of fun.

I also got some encouragement on the glove-making. I need to go to G-Street and see if I can find interlock knit fabric to make my first attempt at gloves. And maybe I need to pin down one of my friends so that I can use the glove.org method to make a pattern, give that standard patterns aren't going to deal with the peculiarities of my hands that well.