Seasons of Lace

For once, I’ve had a successful KAL!  Despite past tradition of not knitting along, I manged to knit lace (and only lace!) successfully all summer.  I even managed to sneak in one last completion:

Pattern: Pear and Trellis (Knitspot)

Yarn:Colourmart Cashmere/Silk 3/45NM Laceweight, worked with two strands together

Needles: 3.0mm/ U.S. 2-1/2

In addition to two other completed projects, I also started, frogged, restarted, refrogged, restarted (etc.) two other projects, which might actually get back on the needles…sometime.  Earlier, I finally started Bee Fields (also Knitspot), but, distracted by my Ravelympics entry, didn’t make it out of the second (first? my memory’s foggy on this one) chart.  As it stands today, I’m not sure it’s much further than my previous posting.

So, in sum total, I manged…erm…not very many yards, at least compared to some!

Previously submitted, Mare ocsuro had 815 yards.

Of a total 287 yards for Pear & Trellis, I knit 180 during Summer of Lace.

Elm Row was 268 yards

And Bee Fields, so far stands at ~ 165 yards.

For a grand (ahem) total of 1428 yards.  Not exactly impressive…but if you count all the frogging and reknitting…actually, I’m really happy with what I accomplished.  Now onto a fall for finishing! (And sweaters. Which need finished.)

Here are all of the projects I knit during this Season of Lace :

All together I knit 9 pair of socks and 3 dishcloths for a grand total of 12 finished small objects. This was a great jump start to my gift knitting!

I finished my Christmas Lace Dishcloth this afternoon making it my final finished project

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 knit during Seasons Of Lace)

123 yds on “shibui Swallowtail”

For a grand total of 2267 yds knit all together. I’ve seen some of the beautiful work that’s been produced here and I hold out no hope whatsoever that I am even *near* the running for most yards knit. Ahhh I had such hopes and dreams when I started

Thanks for the fun, inspiration and deadlines that made me accomplish what I did! Thanks especially to the Seasons of Lace mavens (Alyse, Helen and Maria) for all their hard work!

Elizabeth

Hello,

since my last post I only finished the Anniversary Mystery Shawl from Goddessknits.

I needed 1480 m yarn for it.

I haven’t finished three projects:

First the Vkanis Sunlord from MMario. I’m knitting this shawl as doily with very thin yarn.

Till now I used 1250 m yarn for it. I’m now on round 223 of 320 plus an edging.

Then I’m knitting the Secret of the stole 3 from Nauticalknitter.

I’m now at the beginning of hint 6 and used 750 m yarn for it.

And at least but not last I’m testknitting the Klabauter Mystery from Monika Eckert. I have nearly finished it and used 980 m yarn till now. I only can show it until clue 2, because it’s a mystery.

Best wishes Utlinde

I can’t believe summer is over and fall is here already.  Although I did not meet all my lacey goals I’m happy with what I did get done - I’ve just been really bad with updating anything lately.  Sooo with that…

My most recently finished item is my Melon Shawl done in Dream In Color Baby.

and my long ago finished item is my trellis lace scarf.

Then there is my man I was this close to finishing, but I ran out of yarn, did a freaky frogging and ended up at the half way mark again flutter scarf. Yes, we had a wee bit of trouble. It’s all straightened out now but she’s still waiting on the sidelines because my heart is just not in it.

I think one of the reasons this got to me so bad is that I also had a yarn shortage happen with the melon shawl. Thankfully, with the aide of Ravelry, I was able to get the few yards needed to finish that - I didn’t even try with the flutter scarf. I figured I would just rip back a bit and make it shorter, but I entered this black hole of still not enough. I must have ripped back at least three times, each time being more that the last, and still would come up short, and I only needed enough for a few rows. So darn frustrating. In a fit I went crazy to make sure I had enough, and I guess I over did it. I blame it on Olympic Knitting stress

My just started lace project is the lace ribbon scarf Not much done yet, but I’m sure enjoying it.

• Ribbon Lace scarf = 7 yards
• Flutter scarf = 240 yards
• Melon Shawl = 735 yards
• Trellis lace =180 yards
• Branching Out = 250 yards

For a total of 1,412 yards knitted. No prize winner by any means but I still had a ton of fun

My lace progress was suddenly impeded by the development of a wonky thumb.  But I had travel time with lots of time to knit coming up!  So I cast about (HAR!) for No Purl Lace projects.  And remembered a lovely pattern by Sivia Harding which I had bought this spring; and the special yarn I had bought on a trip to Chicago early this summer.

In only a few days, here’s the result: the Victorian Shoulderette Shawl, in Artyarns Silk Rhapsody Glitter:

Since I didn’t realize the deadline was extended, the photograph above is without blocking, so it’ll be a bit longer when blocked, but being garter stitch, it does not require blocking to see the pattern in any case.

ETA:

Here it is after blocking!

It is meant to be a small shoulder shawl, and used about 220 yards of the 250 yard skein.

The yarn is gorgeous, silk/mohair with a strand of glitter, though not easy to knit, being both slippery and also two strands that are not plied together, so one has to keep an eye on it.  Addi Lace needles worked well for me.

The colors remind me of pearls:  cream, pale grey, pale pink.

But no purls!!

I did manage to finish my Seaweed Socks on the 16th.  They came out very well.  I may just have to make another pair, since the pattern was so easy to memorize that I only had to check the chart out once.

I’m looking forward to the fall, and maybe a lace shawl or two.

So, this Season of Lace is drawing to a close. We’ve got two more days to finish things up so that they can earn more raffle tickets.  I’m pretty sure that unless I abandon all other activities between now and midnight on Tuesday, this will be the last thing I finishing for THIS Season of Lace.  (I’ll be working on the other stuff in the interim, and plotting others to START for Winter of Lace though).

I designed this hat for my friend.

It’s got lace and cables.

I’ve been told that the lace looks like sky scrapers in the decreasing sections.

Perhaps they’re to remind us to reach, always, for the sky — because the sky is the limit.

I like the way the cables continue on and on, even as they get smaller at the crown..

Like hope, they never quite die, and at their smallest, they gain strength from joining with one another.

It’s made of soft yarn — yet sturdy yarn.  A bit of acrylic, and a bit of silk.  So that man’s tinkering and nature’s strength and beauty combine. … rather like chemo therapy and a patient.  I know her strength and beauty will hold out…. and I look forward to the day when her hair has returned to the thick luxurious tresses that would make this a tad snug.  Until then, may it keep her warm.

I’ll work on something airier for her for when she doesn’t need it anymore.

Here they all are, my summer of lace last finished objects.  A lot of knitting, and I did some non-lace things as well, and started a lace throw, too!

And these that I’ve already gifted…

For a total of twelve small lace projects.  Whew!

List:

1 Chenille face cloth

2. Mikado Rivolo (scarf)

3. Gusty aegean (scarf

4. Blue scarf

5. Silky Omo (scarf

6. Squeezey Birches (stole)

7. Ocean Breezes (scarf)

8. Little headband

9. Kid merino mist (scarf)

10. Fishbone cowl

11. Japanese feather stole

12. Inverno shawl