Welcome to the September ‘07 edition of Yarnival! I was worried that there wouldn’t be many submissions, given that August is the time for heat and vacations. Not so! The knitters brought the goods, and I’m here to bring them to you:

Last-Minute Wedding Shawl Smackdown!

Summer is the time for weddings. Apparently it’s also crunch time for shawl knitting! These two ladies impressed my (handknit) socks off with their feats of speed and deadline knitting.

Kelley knit her wedding veil in two months. On size 1 needles. Damn!

SJ says “Many of my SnB friends thought I was crazy for casting on a mere month before the big day, but I finished with two weeks to spare and I couldn’t be happier with the results!”

Fee Fie FOOOOO Fum!

Lisa finished her Hot Ticket, with the cutest model around.

Kim submitted Lorraine’s Guenevere jacket, a fair-isle wonder!

Sockpalooza wrapped up at the beginning of August, and Irishgirlieknits has a little letter for her sock pal. I wonder if the socks ever made it into the mail?

Lindsay finished a glamorous shawl for a glamorous person. Her post is full of details about the “tangles” of the Frost Flowers and Leaves shawl, definitely worth a read!

Claire finished an absolutely stunning scarf (and baby knits, too). Bonus: porpoises!

Janet says, “The Rusted Root that Vanessa knit was an exercise in tenacity! She documented the ‘adventure’ to its successful (SURPRISE!) conclusion and I was impressed with her dogged determination to make this RIGHT and wearable.”

Some mid-issue miscellany – knits that defy categorization

Caro says, “I’m just so stoked that these girls all took time to knit something for a knitter. Who else can appreciate exactly how much time went into the project.” Awwww! <wipes tear>

Heather cushions the back-to-school pain with a trip to the LYS on the way home from work.

Deb tells a yarn (ha!) about the dangers of ponds. Beware!

Marg. needs a swift so she can solve her avoidance issues.

A grammar lesson, the fibery way

Emily H-K teaches us how to conguate. I wish middle school assignments were this lovely!

Kim nominated Scrubberbum’s post on knitting in all contexts.

You learn something new every day

Kristy demonstrates how to flip a charted lace pattern. So simple, yet so, so useful when making lovely sock symmetry.

Stella shows us her steeking technique, complete with video! As she says, “Be brave, be very brave, eeek, it’s a steeek!” Indeed!

Elizabeth brings us her gorgeous Ophelia pattern, a perfect knit right now for Indian summers and southern climates.

Meg reviews When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters. The story of my life, really.

A bit of rumination

Why knit socks? Elemmaclitur ponders his reasons. Then he flashes the biggest pile of Wollmeise I’ve ever seen!

Lindsay takes control of her creations with destruction.

Jocelyn takes pleasure in both the little and not so little things. She also brings us this issue’s Yarnival hunk!

The End

That’s all for this issue of Yarnival! Don’t forget to show everyone a little comment love, and submit your entries for next month here. Lucky Issue 13 will be at Stitch n’ Sue mid-October, be there or be felted!