FdA 684 (Etoile à huit branches)

Done and blocked.  It was a fun knit and I like the results.  Yay!

Here's the other orientation, though I'm not sure how it related to the orientation from which I took the photo:

Hmm, I like both views.

I'm probably going to warp up for some tablet weaving next -- commission weaving (i.e. someone asked me to make them some things), but it ought to be very straightforward after I get everything threaded and tensioned.

As for doilies, I'm vaguely considering banging out a few quickie doilies while I dither about thread for Lavori 7/30.  Today's thought is about how there are all the cute sets of doilies in Beyer Kunststricken Heft 4 (7014), most or all of which are also in Burda Folge 2 (305), for example.  I've knit some, but not all, and they're all very manageable in size.  There are also some MEZ sets where I've knit the larger doily or doilies, but not the smaller sizes.  Not that I need to knit the full set, of course.  In particular, I am not a huge fan of most oval doilies or multi-motif doilies.  I don't mind the ovals that can be blocked round or that take their shape without needing to cut the thread and knit wings.  I also am fine with turning multi-motif doilies into single-motif doilies.  Oh, and a lot of the knitting pattern collections have small, simple doilies in addition to the bigger, more elaborate ones.  Those too would be quick to knock out.  Or I could see what small Engeln doilies seem enticing, though with those, I often do scale up to one of the larger ones that he builds from the small centers.  I've knit all or almost all of the Kinzel small doilies; I could knit more since they're all lovely, but I'm more likely to choose something new.

But you never know.  I'm easily distracted.

In other knitting news: I've definitely chosen the Touchstone Shawl by Laura Aylor as my next travel project.  I started making progress on it a week or two ago, and it pleases me enough to keep going.  I'm using one of the variegated sock yarns (Zauberball Crazy) and it's a good match.  The shawl is of the asymmetric triangle/crescent style, where increases happen on one side with some compensating decreases on the other side.  There are occasional bands of simple lace, so the hardest part is counting the number of ridges between lace bands.  And of course it doesn't matter if I miscount every now and then.  My gauge is a trifle looser than I like but it looks good and I don't care enough to take it out and start over.  I've outgrown the 24" bamboo needle and have switched to a long circular.  It should keep me out of trouble for a while.

I still need to finish felting my Monmouth Cap, and also give a bit of thought to the Next Sweater.  It'll be for me, probably, and will probably (but maybe not!) use handspun.  Plus a few more things, but if I think about it too hard, I'll get stuck in an analysis-paralysis loop and then will sit and twitch with nothing getting done.  Sigh.