Seasons of Lace

I lost my love for the Juno Regina  after backing up too many times.  This is supposed to be fun isn’t it?  I bought the Oh! Canada pattern and will swatch for that

I’m not quite sure when I’m going to get all the knitting I have planned done.  Actually, I’m feeling a bit defeated after doing some stash organization this morning and realizing that my ambition has no basis in reality.  However, I’m so excited about my most recent acquisition…

Handmaiden Mini Maiden in “Cedar”.  But that’s not all.  I finally broke down and ordered the pattern book I just had to have…

 So I could make this…

Hyrna Herborgar

Yippee! 

I went to a friends house today to spin yarn for the first time since last year, when she taught me the basics on the wheel, which her husband built. Amazingly, I remembered how it went, and the creamy wool looks terrific on the bobbin. I’m fairly sure I’m going to be knitting these singles into a lace scarf one of these days–soon. It’s really nice yarn, just as it is. Eventually I’m going to spin fine 2-ply laceweight, but for now I’m happy with my singles. I’m glad about it also because my son has really been wanting to try the wheel out, and now that I have refreshed my memory I can get him started

On the knitting front, I’ve made progress on my MS9 and have finished the second chart on the mandala shawl and moved into section 3 on the veil of Isis. It’s nice not to have deadlines and downtime between pattern sections. After working on the KALs this way of working seems to go much faster for me. Who needs sleep?

Knitting ADD (or Start-itis) strikes AGAIN!

I’ve been salivating over the lovely items in VLT and HAD to start something from it! It doesn’t help that I’m thinking about holiday gifts already…

So started swatching the lace pattern from the Harebell Fichu on several sizes of needles. It’s really a lovely pattern & fairly simple. Then decided to “make it my own” and add some width/depth to it. We’ll see what happens.

Will I ever finish something before I get bored with it???

Diane

Maybe I have finally figured out what I have been doing wrong and will be able to post now.

I am casting off the lace garter…just about half done.  If this post goes thru, I will take pics tomorrow and try to post about my efforts on this project.

I want to get back to working on my Orkney Pi, I have about 3 rows of diamonds done…long ways to the finish and I want to do the whole pattern.  More about that later.

I am just waiting on my beads to arrive…I will be ready for the SOSiii.  I am using a beautiful 100% merino wool purchased from Colourmart and am not sure about the needle yet as I haven’t done the swatch; am waiting for the beads to arrive.

Here’s hoping this works today.

Lora

I saw the most interesting Flower Basket Shawl today while exploring some downtown yarn shops.  It was knit with a combination of Trekking and Filatura di Crosa Superior (a lace weight cashmere/silk blend that has the appearance of mohair) making it a thick(er) snuggly garment.  It was so soft!  I would’ve never guessed that some basic Trekking was the foundation.   The gal at the LYS said she used about 1.5 balls of Trekking and 2 balls of the Superior.  She had used a self-striping Trekking which gave it some lovely color varariations and texture but wasn’t at all obvious.  I could see it working well with a wide variety of sock yarns… but the Superior was the key… it’s just luxury in a ball!

Finished up with the Sheep Shawl.  It’s really hard to see against the sheet that I use to cover my “blocking board” (little foam tiles that I put on the bed and then pin out the shawl).  I used Jagger Spun Maine Line lace weight.  The pattern says that this is 1250 yds.  Since I’m using a cone, I’ll say that’s how much I used.

  The bottom pattern is supposed to be grass for the sheep!!  Too cute.  This is a Fiber Trends pattern.

I’m still plugging along on my mystery shawls.  I’m about 1/2 way thru clue 4 on my Anniversary Shawl and on Clue 3 for the MS9.  I’m hoping to finish the Anniversary Shawl this week, if all goes well!!

I ordered the yarn for my Lyra today.  Merino and Silk in a beautiful teal/turquoise color.  I can’t wait to get it in.  I’m getting 2500 yards so hopefully enough for the square shawl.  That’s going to be my project for the Ravelympics (and yes, I’m out of my mind!!).   They said to pick a challenge, so I picked a challenge!!

Carla

I’ve joined the party and started a pair of Spring Forward socks from the most recent Knitty.  The pattern is quite addictive but I struggled with the 66 stitch count since it was too big for me.  I finally got success with some TOFUtsie from my stash which is working up quite nicely.

I also found this wonderful new pattern, Rivolo, by Anne Hanson that’s perfect for some Handmaiden Casbah in my stash.  It’s taking a trip to Texas with me for my amusement.

BTW - Thank you for the great suggestions for my DIC Baby!  I really appreciate the help. 

My Knit Picks order came in yesterday! I also received my kit for the Peacock Feathers shawl! Talk about an exciting week! It’s time to get the ball winder out and get to work on the hanks!

 

There was a lot of organizing going on last night. I also made plans for some of my next projects. First, my goal is to get the Arctic Diamonds Stole at least 50% completed. It’s going pretty slow. I also want to try to finish the goddess knits mystery shawl. I think the edging is going to be a bit challenging, but I’ll manage. I now have the yarn for my Argosy shawl, Adamas shawl, and a few shawls from my Wrapped in Comfort book. I also printed out some patterns for lace berets/tams. I already have the yarn for those so that won’t be a big deal. I just really want to finish something! I feel like the two projects I have going now are taking FOREVER! I try to remind myself that I do work 40 hours a week and have a husband to take care of, so that eats at my knitting time. This weekend however I am determined to make significant progress on my shawls. I’m also going to try to get all my hanks ran through the ball winder tomorrow evening. *Sigh* so much to do, so little time! Oh yeah, and I decided to frogg my yellow mystery shawl that I had started, I just wasn’t feeling the circular shawl vibe right now. So that yellow is going to become a shawl from Wrapped in Comfort as well.

~HAPPY KNITTING~

Let’s see if this works…

Well, there’s only a little picture icon, but maybe it’ll translate in the final post…here’s hoping!

I’ve decided NOT to make all the increases specified in the chart as I’m thinking that it’d probably turn out just too voluminous with this yarn…though I do so LOVE working with it!

Diane

P.S. When all else fails, read the directions…he he