Seasons of Lace

Yes, I changed my mind and decided to finish the Goddess Knits Mystery Shawl No. 9. I have half a row to knit before I bind off, and I plan to block it out tonight. I just couldn’t face taking out all my work. I did cut about twenty-eight rows out of the pattern to make it work. I am using the yarn and needles called for, but there simply wasn’t enough. Anyway, I didn’t really like how abruptly the pattern ends, so I added a band of garter stitch, which is almost always a winner. Pictures in a day or so, when it’s dry. then I’m going to finish the edging on my sampler before I reward myself with Isis and another Mandala shawl. I had no idea that I loved knitting lace this much.

I also just went through and sent in my yardage updates. It’s surprising what one can do when motivated. Oh, and the television these past two weeks has been very good for knitting.

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 that that occurred while I was using two *different* colorways *and* alternating the balls every two rows. Tres Amusing, no?

I’m actually at 1041 yards knitted in finished objects. If I don’t finish anything else I’ll have to begin the tedious process of adding up all the yardage I knit into unfinished objects. Maybe I should knit another Juliet! Worsted yarn, done in a week….

Elizabeth

This was a project originally started for Ravelympics, but it didn’t get finished in time. I knitted this project everywhere I went, trying to finish, but oh, well (18 days). Unfortunately, theres a bit of an odd stain on a couple of parts of this table topper. I tried an Oxyclean bath, but there’s still splotches on it. (does that count as a tragedy?)

This is knit w/ a little more than 2 balls of DMC Cordonnet thread #100 using US000 needles.

Btw–the pattern is Lyra, by Herbert Niebling– can be purchased from Lacis in Berkeley. It’ a fun knit. I highly recommend it. Total yardage? 991yds.

I´ve been lucky to get an opportunity to  test knit a pattern and that´s what I´ve been doing. Here´s what turned out:

Used appr. 400 yds of zephyr 2/18, 3.5 mm needles and the finished measurements are 150 x 20 cm.

Edit: more pics and pattern url:

The pattern is called Cathedral by Julia Riede and it´s available on ravelry at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cathedral-2.

My daughter ran to tell my that Barbie had finally consented to marry the Prince. It had been a sore trial for the Prince as Barbie had even moved out of the country one time to escape his advances. As it was the wedding was happening today and she really wanted a knit wedding dress (please, please, please!). No, I do not have time to knit a Barbie dress, I have other things to do. When my six year old said she would watch the baby and do the laundry so I would have time to knit, I sighed my big sigh and went to the store to buy yarn. ( How can you have over 250,000 yds. of yarn and still not have the right kind?)

This is my interpretation of this pattern, knit with Bernat baby yarn (76 yds.). I made it longer and added pearls to dress it up a bit. I knit this in secret because I don’t want my daughter to know she can manipulate her mama, but she was very excited and surprised when she saw it. Of course now she thinks all Barbie’s sisters need a dress too.

I finally finished my Heartland Lace Shawl by Evelyn Clark. I don’t know why, but once the Olympics were over it was a real slog to get this done. I knit this shawl as a tribute to my dad who passed away last May. He loved buffaloes and this is knit of 100% American Buffalo down which I hand spun. The pattern is supposed to be buffalo tracks and a river. This shawl is fairly large (78×34.5) and very  warm. 609 yds.

I’m on the home stretch on an afghan  for a friend of mine.  I had the 4 white strips done before seasons of lace and have completed the yellow and half of the green now.  I’m using Debbie Bliss cotton cashmere (furnished by my friend) and hate it!!  It’s got a wonderful feel, but it splits like an Olympic gymnist!!  I haven’t used a Debbie Bliss that I’ve liked because of just that.  I know that lots of folks love this yarn, I just don’t!!  I use about 1 1/2 skiens for the green strips and 4-5 skiens for the yellow, so I’ve got about 2000 yards done since SOL started.

  This picture doesn’t even start to get the colors right, but I guess you can get the drift.  I’ve got 4 more green strips to do then it gets pieced together!! 

Carla

As usual, the photos will have to wait a day or two, but I am almost caught up with the BadCatDesigns summer sampler study, working on the edging now. I also cast on nother mandala shawl from Goddess Knits. My aunt saw the one I made for my brother’s fiancee and asked if I would make one for her. She agreed to purchase the yarn for two, so I can have some more fun later, and I am making the shawl as a gift. It’s nice to finally be able to do something for her, since she really doesn’t need much that I could offer. I’m fortunate to have a large family–there will always be someone to knit a shawl for. Also, I’m going to finish this post and go cast on for the Veil of Isis. I’m using the red cashmere that was going to be a mandala shawl, but which was not going the way I would have liked. I picked up some size 0 needles, and am going to make a go of this one. Knit on!

I cast on for the Wabenschal using Knit Picks shimmer (alpaca/silk) in Lilac Dream. This is a Christmas present so I wanted to get it started. I’m hoping this will be my last cast-on until I get everything I have started, finished. That is except Mystery Stole 4, of course. Hopefully nothing else will catch my eye that I can’t live without.

I finished my Flower Basket Shawl by Evelyn Clark. Of her patterns that I’ve knit, this is by far my favorite. The pattern flowed very easily and I would have added more repeats if I didn’t run out of yarn. This is some Knit Picks Bare Merino fingering that I dyed a while ago. It is not quite as bright as the second picture suggests. 396 yds.