Before we get entrenched in the Round Two Raffle Prizes, I thought I’d return to one of our Competitions. A couple of days ago, I revealed the Second Runner up for Lace on Display. Today, before we forget all those lovely nominees, I thought I’d round out that Competition, and show you the Runner Up [...]
Jan 222010
Dec 122009
It’s blocking as I type! I am quite pleased with this shawl, even though the border is loaded with mistakes!! I knit it in some light grey Cashwool I had in my stash, and then overdyed it this morning. I love the way the color came out. Especially on the snow. You can see more [...]
Oct 232009
I’ve finally cast on Shipwreck! Here are photos of the yarn I dyed, an ultra fine lace weight merino. I’m calling the color Raw Sugar. Beads are a molasses color.
Sep 292009
I have to admit that I didn’t wait for the start of Autumn to start my newest lace projects – at least not the first one. A strange occurance for me happened the week before when I didn’t have a project to do. However, in the beginning of the month, I had ordered some yarn [...]
Sep 292009
Ok, I posted that I cast on for the Shipwreck shawl on the 21st, and I did, and then that cast on bit the dust. Just not the right yarn. So, I have recast on with some handpaintedyarn.com yarn in shades of pink. It made me think of the saying “red sky at night, sailors [...]
Sep 242009
I have no exact date of when I cast on the Diagonal Lace socks but I’m fairly certain it was in August. Since then I’ve made little progress and am still on the first sock. The pattern in Socks from the Toe Up has the diagonal lace on the foot as well as the leg, [...]
Sep 212009
I have also cast on for the shipwreck shawl and I am liking it so far. I have only gotten the basic middle done so far, but will start the first chart soon. I am using a boucle yarn for this that someone gave me in blue, green and grey, and it looks good so [...]
Sep 162009
Bare with me as I am new to this kind of message board! My name is Jenn and I Begged to be allowed the opportunity to be the lead on the Autumn of Lace KAL for the Shipwreck shawl! (and they let me! LOL) So I thought I would post a little about the pattern [...]
