Seasons of Lace

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

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

Another pair of socks  into the finished category :)  Once I had time to work on thses they knit up fairly quickly. I really like the way the pattern forms a zig zag around the leg.

I finished my Diamond Latttice scarf this morning.  Sadly, I will not be able to post a fo picture.  My mom put the camera someplace safe and now has no idea where it is.  Here’s a random picture of it earlier…

Anyway, 350 yrds down, bringing me to a grand total of either…(FOs only)

694 + 350 +375 = 1419 yards if you don’t want to count the doubled yarn as two strands and

1388 +350+375 = 2113 yards if you do

I’ve had a great deal of fun this summer, and I’m really impressed with everyone’s projects.  And I think you guys may have addicted me to this lace thing!  If I find the camera, I’ll take blocking pictures.   The projects I’ve seen this summer have encouraged me to jump right in, and I still can’t get over the fact that I can knit lace!  Me!  The woman who hasn’t even gotten around to a sweater yet, can’t cable, and has never done colorwork!

I know I just showed you clue five, but I wanted to get clue six finished to show you before the Summer of Lace ended. I usually divide the clues up by the number of days I have to work on it, so doing the entire clue in one day was a bit harsh. At any rate here is my final Secret of the Stole clue for Summer of Lace. I’ve used 792 yds of Knit Picks Gloss in Celery.

I haven’t gotten past clue one on Mystery Stole 4. I don’t think I will be working on it before tomorrow so my final total is 70 yds of Knit Picks Shadow in Juniper.

Here they are merged together, my accomplishments for SOL2008. A total of 9 projects finished.

I finally finished my Bird’s Nest Stole from Folk Shawls. Even though it took quite a bit less yarn than the pattern called for, it still seemed to take forever to knit. It’s knit from Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud in Iris Heather. 2095 yds.  Size 21″ x 79″. Nice and big.

I finally finished the mikado ribbon Rivolo.  It got heavy after a while!  But I like the looks of it anyway

And my chenille facecloth from spa & bath