i love knitting lace. the process of having a icky-poo wad of yarn like this
:
add some water, a little wool wash (cause really, who wants all that xavier fur wrapped about their shoulders?!?), some string and an metric tonne of pins and you end up with something that looks like 
this. holy crap it's magically delicious!
Details
Pattern: Flower Basket Shawl from IK fall 04 issue
Yarn: Knitpicks Dye Your Own lace-weight Merino, dyed by moi
Needles: Bryspun circs (love love love for lace), size 7
Start/Finish: 24 May/ 6 June 2006
Notes: i added two repeats to the main pattern to make less of shawlette. i also added a couple of rows of gater stitch to the edges instead of leaving it in stockinette. i like the addition and will use it on future Flower Basket Shawls (and there will be more--this is such an easy-peasy pattern and it produces such a lovely shawl)
in WIP news, i started a second Via Diagonale bag. 
dig the bright, happy colors. aren't they great? this is fun tv watching knitting (which is good because i think the fella and i are going to have to have a Lost marathon pretty soon).