Yeah! prizes! My favourite project in small lace is Lauras lacy dress Firstly, I really don´t get how this could be anywhere near “small” lace, considering all the work and I surely could never ever wear a thing like that but nevertheless, it is gorgeous. If the Prize Maven meant I have to choose one [...]
Apr 052009
It doesn’t qualify, of course, since I didn’t finish it until this past Friday, but I DID knit the Laminaria along with the rest of our KAL within a KAL group. It seemed only fitting that I show my completed project (worked in Sponsor’s yarn too). It was a bit breezy out — and even [...]
Mar 252009
I finished my Laminaria shawl back in Feb. but I never managed to get a picture taken. I knitted it using a hand dyed merino wool lace weight yarn that I had in my stash (yardage was approx. 875 yds for 4 oz.). I started out on size 5 needles and was about to get [...]
Mar 182009
My Laminaria is off the wires and already had several outings. This week we took the shawl to the most appropriate place I could imagine for a shawl named for kelp – the creek that cuts through our farm. The photos below were taken directly below our house, which is perched on the bluff overlooking [...]
Mar 142009
The Laminaria is blocking! Here’s a teasing photo. I used the Knitting Goddess green KAL cashmere/alpaca yarn. I’m madly in love with this FO! Wow – I just saw that four of the little goblin faces on one side are messed up. Dang – it must have happened when I tinked back upteen times on [...]
Mar 052009
I finished Laminaria! I am so excited. I do wish I had used larger needles. I used size 6 and did the large size, but my shawl is only 36″ long and 65″ wide. I also used just shy of 940 yds. But I am still happy. I also have been working on my lace [...]
Mar 052009
I have moved on from star chart to transition chart and to blossoms chart and everything is going fine. The yarn is a bit too busy for my taste, but the colourway was called “seaside” so what else could it be besides a Laminaria? I was going to turn and knit the other halfs star [...]
Mar 022009
Need I say more? skills learned: casting on with 2 circulars, we´ll see if that went right when I return to knit the other half
Mar 022009
See these? 1200 yards of lace and a matching skein of sock yarn? Do you guess the plan? Don´t tell anyone but I´m thinking of casting on Laminaria (yes my third this season but as a stole this time) and then matching Spring blossoms socks, but not as knee-highs but ordinary socks in cotton yarn [...]
I am so excited to say, I am almost done with the first edging chart on my Laminaria! I am hoping that 3 more days and I will be done. I love this pattern, but I am very glad to be done with the 3 into 9 parts, as I didnt like those. Thanks for [...]
