Because why not cast on two shawls in the same week?

Well! As I mentioned in a previous post, I decided to join the Stark Baking Mad MKAL. I love knitting and I love baking and the Great British Bake Off (especially Mary Berry, whose autograph I have in one of her cookbooks - I travelled two hours from Liverpool to London to get it!), so this MKAL seemed like a match made in heaven! The first clue (appropriately titled Signature Bake) was published last week, and I am happy to say that I finished it in time for the next one, which is set to drop tomorrow. I think it looks really cute and I am enjoying my choice of colours, even if I do say so myself: 

The yarn is Everyday Sock Merino from Kettu Yarns and I am especially enjoying the green colourway called Finnish Forest. I think it's one of the prettiest things I have ever seen and really wish I had ordered more so I could use it to knit ALL the socks!

And because only making one shawl is clearly not enough, I also cast on another one last week. This one is called Lovely Megan and I am making it for my mom. I thought it would go very nicely with the sweater that I'm making for her and be a nice little surprise. The pattern is from Drops Design (I actually looked for it after I saw a picture of the shawl on their IG) and the yarn I am using is some Drops Sky from my stash that I was originally planning to use for the Rose Blush vest which, let's face it, I was never going to make or wear. It took me a few rows to get the hang of the dropped stitches, but the pattern is actually very simple and cute. I've made, eh, moderate progress so far: 

I have also made pretty good progress with mom's sweater and have made it all the way to the bottom ribbing of the body. Not long to go!

In other news, I am feeling very tempted by yet another project: the gingerbread socks KAL that Finnish yarn company Novita started on their website today. The socks were designed by Sisko Sälpäkivi and the colourways of Novita Nalle that she chose for them look so good and gingerbread-y together! But I don't have the right yarns in my stash and I kind of don't want to spend money on yarn just now, so I might catch up with the KAL in December after I've finished mom's sweater and the Stark Barking Mad MKAL.  They are publishing a new clue twice a week for four weeks, so I could still finish the socks by Christmas.