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My pretty prize

By escr, on October 26th, 2008%

I got my fabulous raffle prize in the mail. It’s a Knit Picks Lace yarn . . . → Read More: My pretty prize Read more »

My Entry

By escr, on October 9th, 2008%

Just adding a picture in which Icarus stands alone — I’m told it only appears on colorblocks….

Icarus: Handmaiden 2ply Silk . . . → Read More: My Entry Read more »

The Finish Line!

By escr, on September 22nd, 2008%

Thank goodness the deadline wasn’t 9/21! I finished my final project (Icarus) that evening and it’s blocking now.

My final report is:

441 yds knit on the “Wrapped in Care shawl”

540 yds knit on the “Juliet”

854 yds knit on “Icarus”

259 yds knit on “Noro Zetor Shawl”

50 yds knit on “Frill” (only 50 yds worth of this was . . . → Read More: The Finish Line! Read more »

Finished Object!

By escr, on September 3rd, 2008%

Hey y’all!

I managed to actually finish an object. I got totally captivated by “Juliet”, bought the yarn at Stitches Midwest, and just cast off this morning. Used 600 yds of Malabrigo Worsted. Here’s a picture (albeit a crappy one, it’s still blocking:

And how about that pooling ladies and gentlemen! You’ll be even more amused to note . . . → Read More: Finished Object! Read more »

The Progress….not!

By escr, on August 18th, 2008%

I keep waiting to take pictures to do a post but I’m clearly not getting that done…

I am bummed. It seems the summer of lace is almost over and I’ve got almost NOTHING to show for it.

I am almost done with Icarus, but I ran out of yarn and am waiting for the custom dye to . . . → Read More: The Progress….not! Read more »

Arg! Arg! Double Arg!

By escr, on July 24th, 2008%

I am soooooo annoyed! I made such great progress on my Icarus and it’s looking so good…. Then I come to find out that I will not have enough yarn to complete the project. But that’s not all! Turns out the Handmaiden 2 Ply Silk Cashmere that I’m using has been discontinued! So I can’t even . . . → Read More: Arg! Arg! Double Arg! Read more »

Pics of Wrapped in Care Shawl

By escr, on July 15th, 2008%

I never got to show the pictures of this completed shawl before, but now that I may have figured out how to add pictures, here they are!

On the bottom picture you can sort of see the sparkle in the yarn. That pic is also must true to the actual color. I added the picot edge myself . . . → Read More: Pics of Wrapped in Care Shawl Read more »

Testing and blocking out errors

By escr, on July 15th, 2008%

Testing pictures again

This is a picture (hopefully) of my Icarus shawl progress.

One problem I’ve had with Icarus is that periodically I screw something up and I then ladder down the stitches and reknit them back up but this has led to several areas where the mistakes when they are fixed look like this:

See the place where . . . → Read More: Testing and blocking out errors Read more »

Checking in

By escr, on July 14th, 2008%

First of all, let’s test this picture thing:

This is an old picture of Swallowtail (that isn’t much farther along now than in this picture) but I didn’t want to go to the trouble of doing new pictures if they aren’t going to show up in the post.

I’ve been pretty diligently working on Icarus. So much so . . . → Read More: Checking in Read more »

Progress!

By escr, on July 2nd, 2008%

Well, I was going to insert lovely pictures into this post but the thing won’t let me. There’s this big warning at the top that says “Remember not to upload pictures for posts.” I’m confused, I thought we could put pictures in our posts and I’ve done it before with no problem. What gives? Have we . . . → Read More: Progress! Read more »

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