Seasons of Lace

Morning All! One more post from the Admins this morning. First thing I want to thank all of the folks who have submitted nominations for our Judged Contests.  But considering all of the fabulous posts and projects we’ve seen this summer, I think the quantity of nominations is a little low.

Here are the numbers as they stand now -

• Lace Partnerships - 8 nominations
• Lace Disasters -  2 nominations
• Lace Extravaganza - 3 nominations
• Lace on Display - 2 nominations
• Lace on Vacation - 4 nominations
• Viewers Choice Award - 2 nominations

All of the items that have been nominated are fabulous, but we would like to give our judges a few more nominations to work with.

So I and the other admins would like to encourage everyone to take a look at the archives and give someone a chance to win a prize. Don’t forget you can nominate yourself for everything but Viewers Choice Award.

This has been interesting. To keep track of lace work for a summer. Well, I guess I was faster and more prolific in my brain than in actuality. But I did manage to polish off 7193yds of yarn/thread for 6 finished projects and 2 unfinished projects.

1260.0 yards peacock
470.0 yards swallowtail
2461.0 yards rosa romantic
275.4 yards  erbstullgrund
455.4 yards hyrna
991.2 yards  lyra
800yds shawl (unfinished)
300yds hey teach (unfinished)

= 7193 yds total

small projects? I thought I’d have time this summer to whip up xmas ornaments (non-stars) but that just didn’t happen. Ah, well.

Happy Fall, everyone!

eta: I was supposed to post pics, but I can’t seem to find all the projects (stashed away etc.)…so, you’ll have to go check out my flickr file here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20247079@N00/

So I signed up for the most small knit items competition but have only finished two lace projects. Haha. If there’s a competiton for most lace wips started in the SOL timeline then I’m may have a sweet chance at winning that one. ;o)

So here a the two projects I have finished…

Then there’s always the projects I started but am nowhere near being finished with….a pair of socks, the Goddess knits Anniversary shawl (stuck on chart 4), 1 lace weight scarf, 1 worsted weight scarf and a clapotis…if that counts as lace. I seem to be pretty far off from what I was planning on making this season. Ohhhhh well. There’s always the winter! :o)

Hi,

Have finally figured out how to batch on Flickr!! (I hope)  Here’s the link to what I finished for Seasons of Lace!!

http://flickr.com/photos/thislittlepiggyknits/sets/72157607520001288/

Hope that this works!!

Carla

Greetings one and all.

I’m sitting here with my spreadsheets and all the entry forms, making sure that I have all of the entries in, and that my data is accurate.  For clarification, and so that I really do award the prizes to the competition winners, I’d like to verify the following things:

The following folks once stated that they intended to participate in the Most Small Items Knit competition. Those whose names are bolded are folks from whom I have Final Submissions (and indeed other supporting data).  The rest of you are folks for whom I have no competition entry data.  If you did want to compete, you have until Sunday, September 28 at noon CST to get your posts up and your competition forms in. UPDATE: Those whose withdrawals I’ve received are stricken out (so you can confirm I got your messages)

birgit
Cathy-Cate
errs
ghedrain
lynnzpickles
Marinemom
mksmiles
nolaboard
Niyala
Priscilla
RondaBen
tinker
vicki
yarnpro

There are even more folks who signed up for the Most Yardage competition… again, those for whom I have actual data are bolded .  UPDATE: Those whose withdrawals I’ve received are stricken out (so you can confirm I got your messages)

alittlefuzzy
Bagoyarn
beadntat
birgit
Cathy-Cate
darla
drmonica
errs
escr
fic_kitty
ghedrain
jan229
JessieLynn
Judybll
Justine
kcatt79

laceystew
lynnzpickles
madcraftermom
Marinemom
Melfina the Blue
mksmiles
nataletne
Niayla
nolaboard
Priscilla
Radarkaty
Rondaben
sligo
SusanS
textilejunkie
thislittlepiggyknits
tinker
vicki
yarnpro
yarnzie

I also have littlelena and KnatteringKnitter who didn’t originally sign up for that competition, but for whom I have yardage information.

If you intended to compete, NOW is the time to get that information to us!

Please be sure to post a summing up post (with pictures of all the goodies) and a total count (yardage or number of small (e.g.350-700 yds) items)), and to include a link to that post in your final competition submission.

started during sol08, finished yesterday (thanks o mighty prize donor!)

Th-th-th-that’s all folks!

I hope you all had a lovely Autumnal Equinox, and that you will enjoy the new season.

We’re taking a breather (sort of), and will be setting up for the Winter of Lace to start in December.

In the interim, we will be gathering all our data for the raffles and the contests and the competitions.  We’ll sent up a page for the judges to view that has copies of the relevant posts or pictures on it.  We’ll assemble the raffle lists and run the random generators…  and with any luck, we’ll be announcing prizes without too much delay.

We’re also going to be contemplating how well this round went, and how we can change things to make them run more smoothly.  We’ll happily entertain your recommendations (and are likely to put up some sort of poll to get more input).

We hope you’ll keep posting your lovely lace to keep us all inspired!  And we will look forward to seeing you again for Winter of Lace!!!

Thanks for all the fun!

ShadowDancer — the Prize Maven

Well, you can all shoot me later!  I shall now own up…..  On the 11 Aug I finished my QAL Shawl.  But as I was busy, and my camera was on the blink, I somehow overlooked telling everyone (oops!).  The good news is that I hadn’t entered any competitions (that I can remember….) AND that I have remembered to tell you all now - hooray! I have however now got around to posting all the pix of said shawl (and a nice pretty one that I also knitted after finishing the QAL) on Flickr under Yarnspider.

Congrats to all who have also finished.  The work I’ve seen has all been without exception, absolutely fabulous.

Poor Swan Lake.

I started it last summer as Mystery Stole 3, actually as my first big lace project (so I could knit one before knitting my friend a wedding shawl) and it was going gangbusters! Until I got to the point where decisions had to be made.

First, there was a decision about length.  I was knitting the shawl in fingering weight rather than laceweight, and there was an option to shorten the shawl.  But it was not just stopping short of the end, it was taking a bunch of rows out of the middle of the end.  So, later, when I changed my mind and decided to make it as originally designed (yes, it’s going to turn out freakishly long, but the shape is more pleasing), I had to frog down to a strategically placed lifeline and then reknit.   Dang.

Second:  the decision about whether to knit The Wing or not.  When the clues got to this part, knitters went wild one way or the other.  And I was conflicted.  Asymmetry as such, I can handle (when I want to), and the wing itself was beautiful; but I really wasn’t sure about it.  Did I knit ahead and trust the designer, or did I knit the symmetric variation, knitting two ends like the beginning, which is gorgeous?  And how does one wear a one-winged shawl, anyway?  (I know how, but it does limit its use….)

I ended up putting it aside and knitting my friend’s Wedding Pi shawl for her early November wedding.  Then there was holiday knitting. Then assorted birthdays.  And it was just for me, anyway.  Things for me tend to drop down to the bottom of the list.

Well, it was too pretty just to be a UFO indefinitely.  So I resurrected it for Summer of Lace and Ravelympics (it was less than half done, because I had to rip back, and my plan was to knit a second half like the first, for the symmetrical variation).

I got a lot done:  but hampered by a bad thumb that really impeded knitting (particularly purling), I had to put this aside for the last couple weeks (leading to a No Purl Lace Project that I just posted!), otherwise I think it coulda been a contender for a FO!

Here’s Part Deux:

Below is an older picture of the first half, not quite ‘done’, but pinned out so you can see the gorgeous pattern and the beading.   Once Part Deux is the same length as Part Un, then there is a fancy connecting part and Swan Lake will finally be complete.  I just hope it’s this year still…..it’s a point of pride now!

First of all I want to say how much I have enjoyed the Summer of Lace. It has been really great and I accomplished more than I could have imagined! I have learned so much about lace knitting, what I like and what I don’t, patterns and yarn. I have learned how to push through and finish something even when I really don’t want to. I was able to use up some of the yarn in my stash, especially for the Bird’s Nest Stole, which had been in there over five years.

 I would also like to thank everyone for the nice comments left about my projects. I’m sorry if I did not get back to you. Barbie did end up having a fabulous wedding and orders from all her friends have been pouring in. My daughter has taken up knitting and is keeping with it. She has big dreams of the things she can make.

I was so glad when I finished my final lace project, so I was surprised to find myself seeing so many more lace things I want to knit.

In the end I had a final total of 21 projects - 5 shawls, 4 stoles (Mystery Stole 4 and Secret of the Stole 3 are not complete), 4 pairs socks, 2 scarves, 1 bag and 5 misc. items for a total of 8,246 yards. Everything is pictured above except the items I have already given away.

Thanks again to everyone for their encouragement, it has been a productive summer.

Spring Forward Socks, Shetland Triangle shawl, Lacy Hair Tamers, Twilight Lace Wrap, Comfort Shetland Triangle, Microspun Cuffs, Vine Lace Socks, Generations Purse, Seaweed Socks, Swallowtail, Bird’s Nest Stole, Mystery Stole 4, Secret of the Stole 3, Heartland Lace Shawl, Baby Hat, Flower Basket Shawl, Campanula Mitts, Tilting Blocks Scarf, Eyelet Rib Socks, Red Scarf Project, Barbie Wedding Dress.