It's done it's done it's done it's done it's done

Ah, yeah.

I finished a project last night. Two projects, depending on how you look at it.

The Faroese shawl is officially finished, as of about 8 last night. Still needs blocked, of course. Even without blocking it covers half of our bed (on a diagonal). I probably could have gone down a size of two on needles and still had decent definition on the lace, and a somewhat smaller product, but not a big deal.

After gleefully grafting the last few stitches together on the shawl and weaving the end in, I picked up some #8's and some worsted acrylic and started playing with the cabled goddess design. Think I got it down, with a couple of minor changes. Even wrote down what I was doing so I can repeat it later--how's that for thinking ahead? Right now, I'm looking at a cable feature 16 sts wide by 60 (I'm guessing, forgot to count) rows high, most of the cabling crosses on the right side (I think there are 8 that are on the wrong side). Time to dig out some sock yarn and try it out on a pair of socks.

Further engagements with the enemy

The deer did 3 more trees between last Thursday and today. Including one of the chokecherries, which worries me, since those are prone to borers when they're healthy, and this kind of damage is an open invitation for a borer infestation.

I guess the warehouse guys saw 3 deer yesterday morning, 2 bucks and a doe, which may explain the amount of damage on the trees. I'm hoping that one of the bucks chases the other away, and won't need to mark his territory anymore.