Nerd Wars T4 - Team Precious

Team assignments were announced on Friday and I got my first choice to be on Team Precious.  Now the countdown to Wednesday when our first round of assignments will begin.  Although I have a bunch of knitted items in queue with Hobbit and Lord of the Ring themed projects, I will be submitting more handspun and woven goods each month because I am planning on knitting a shawl this tournament.

I want to knit the Tuck Shawl.  I am going to knit up a gauge swatch in the next day or two.  Ooops!  Sorry, I guess I should have told you to sit down first.  Yes, part of the dissertation assignment during Nerd Wars is that you are required to gauge swatch and get approval for your assignment before you begin.  I was hoping to use some of my stash for this but...wasn't finding quite the right color that I wanted.  I've decided I need a shawl that has blues and greens because I simply don't have anything in those colors but I needed just the right colors. 

Argh!  A few tubs of beautiful yarn that I've purchase not even counting my own yarn that I create from my herd and not the right colors.  I think I found the perfect skein at the Winter Wine and Wool Festival yesterday created by Happy Fuzzy Yarns.  I plan to pair it with some of my Sunshine of Wonder tonal dyed yarn that I created here on the farm.  Ah ha!  The best of both worlds.  Of course, going this route doesn't decrease my stash at all but...I will have an awesome looking shawl.  Now...off to check gauge.