Hopefully you’ll pardon the blocking pics. This is as good as it gets as I jetted across the country soon after finishing it, and I packed light, or rather I packed my heavier shawls in preparation for autumn. Still, mission accomplished! It wasn’t the most exciting lace shawl ever, but I have to say I’m [...]
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Sep 082011
Aug 292011
Well, here’s the picture of Rock Island in progress… on the road. It came with me on many day trips to local towns, to the beach, etc. But here it is the car, not a glamour shot, but hey, it’s travelling.
Aug 252011
Well, I posted about my Annis a while back — August 7th. I think was just starting on the body of the shawl then. Well, the next day, it was finished. It is a really quick knit: 3 or 4 days for me! Getting pictures, however, is another story — I even took it to [...]
Aug 242011
Well, this was actually one of the first things I cast on this season, but, as it is a garment rather than a shawl, gauge *does* matter. I ended up frogging it once, and then frogging back some rows later. However, it does look great on (so far) and I think will make a lovely [...]
Aug 082011
I cast on for the Rock Island KAL about a week ago. I’ve finished 28 rpts of the lace thus far. They’re not particularly onerous, but of course, they’re a bit repetitive while requiring good amount of attention. However, I think it will all be worth it in the end. I really like solid and [...]
Aug 072011
It’s my first Annis, but there have been a lot of them posted on the blog lately, and I’m just adding to their number. I’m knitting it in Luxury collection Alpaca Cashmere. It’s really lovely, and I’m enjoying my first experience of doing nupps in fingering.
Jul 272011
Yup, it took a whole year. Well, almost: 29 June 2010 – 24 June 2011. This season-spanning lace is really familiar with all everything from the heat of summer to the chills of winter. But it’s done. I’m not sure why it took so long. I liked the pattern a lot — it was kind [...]
Jul 252011
Well, I’m a bit late in posting these, but I was successful in completing my goal to finish my two stoles that were OTN at the beginning of the season by the end of June. This is Madli’s Shawl from Knitted Lace of Estonia (my first lace from that book, but certainly not my last). [...]
Jul 092011
I started Romi’s Muir the first year I was knitting lace, in the summer of 2008. I was waiting for some lace yarn I’d ordered for a different project, and bought the yarn locally to use while I waited. I liked the pattern, and it went quickly, but it went on the back burner when [...]
Jun 242011
When I first started knitting lace, I figured I’d knit mostly stoles. I had plans for lots of stoles, and I got yarn for lots of stoles. However, my stole knitting has kind of fallen to the wayside. So, for 2011, one of my plans was to knit one stole per quarter to use up [...]
