I’m finally finished with my Evenstar, just in time to start knitting for Summer of Lace! I was knitting on the shawl pretty much exclusively from May 2nd through today, July 4th. So I guess it spans two seasons, but that’s okay. Pattern: Evenstar, by Susan Pandorf Yarn: Claudia Silk Lace, teal colorway. I used [...]
Jul 042010
Jun 172010
Last month I posted about my finished partial evenstar when I ran out of yarn. I started a new on right after that and finished it a couple of weeks ago but never got the posting written. This time I had more than enough yarn (silk instead of tencel) and will have to decide what [...]
May 302010
Some of you might remember that I was attempting to finish the Evenstar shawl in time for my graduation ball yesterday. Well… I did it. I finished at 5 last night, and Mum blocked it for me in the half hour before I left while I was getting ready. I am absolutely exhausted, but really [...]
May 172010
Hey guys, I’m still chugging along on my Evenstar. There are now two weeks remaining until the graduation ball when I intend to wear it, and I need to progress at a rate of 10% a day to manage. Difficult, yes, but not impossible. I need one more repeat of clue 4 before I move [...]
May 052010
I started doing the evenstar KAL when it started last Feb. and after finishing clue 5 realized that I would not have enough yarn to do more than create a small edging as I cast off. So this is a ‘finished’ Evenstar minus the last two clues. Fortunately, it is large enough for my sister’s [...]
Apr 162010
Well, after much cursing, even more ripping, and three yarn breakages requiring yet more ripping, I have made it to the end of clue one. It only took two months I do love it, however, and the plain knit rows, just going around and around, are oddly soothing. It’s much easier since I went [...]
Mar 162010
Thanks to my Olympic knitting, I was also behind in starting on my latest KAL adventure. I have been reading Susan Pandorf’s blog for some time and purchased a number of patterns (although I’d only actually started one before the KAL), so when I saw she was doing a Lord of the Rings inspired KAL [...]
Mar 062010
It is strange when I don’t have at least two projects going and as I finished the scarves (shown in the previous posting), I realized I didn’t have ANY projects to work on so I had to start 4 right away. They are all lace: the 2010 Calendar Lace Sample KAL, the Evenstar Mystery KAL, [...]
Feb 282010
Susan Pandorf, designer of the Evenstar shawl that some of us are trying to work as a KAL here, has made this offer (I’m posting it from the Ravelry board). OK – I let our knitter’s talk me into doing something outrageous. We currently have 942 Evenstar knitters, and it seems some of our more [...]
Feb 142010
So…(first, a confession — I’m doing a bit of cross-posting here, but the posts aren’t identical) I’ve finally swatched one of my yarn options for Evenstar. This swatch is using Yarn Place Graceful. I’m having doubts on two fronts, but do admit that it looks pretty. Doubt 1) The pattern calls for 1700 yards. I [...]
