Feathery Lace Stole

Pattern: from Exquisite Little Knits, page 78-79.
Yarn: Art Yarns Wool/Mohair

Pre-blocking.

Post blocking. I wasn't sure what this was destined to be until this weekend. We have a friend whose 17 year old son committed suicide about 2 weeks ago because he was upset over his girlfriend dumping him. It is now destined for the "Mom" as a prayer shawl. I can't think of anything worse to have to go through as a parent.
Close up of the stitch pattern. A VERY easy knit. Only two rows that become very easy to remember after a couple of repeats.
We also went to the Goodyear Balloon & Air Spectacular on Saturday. Good gosh I hope they NEVER have this event at this venue again.

We arrived about 11 am and had about a 1 mile back up to get into the parking lot (about 10 minutes later and until we left, it was 5+ miles, single lane to turn left.....also the only way in). It took about 20 minutes but got right on the shuttle to be transported 1.5 miles or so. As you are driving up, you see a HUGE cloud of dust swirling around the event.

Yeah, it got worse once you got in since it wasn't just dirt, it was 2 inches of silt like dust that you had to walk in all over the place. This also meant that if you WANTED to sit on the ground to watch the planes, that was not going to work. However, for $20 additional per person (on top of the $20 adults/$15 children 5+), you could sit in the 98.7 Peak Patio and watch the planes. Um, not so much.

Needless to say, we took off after a couple of hours, long before the Blue Angels Show, and we were not alone. I think there were a lot of disappointed people. Not a very crowd friendly event.