Seasons of Lace

And… for the last of the Round One Raffle Prizes ….

For Lace Knit with the Knitters Own Handspun (for which we had five entries from three knitters), yarnpro is our winner! She gets a $25.00 Gift Certificate from

(and in case lotion isn’t her thing, Aubrey also has great stuff to help take care of yarnpro’s spinning wheel too!).

She’ll also be receiving the Paws in the Catnip pattern from JoyKnits

Then, for Doilies, those miracles of lace knit on uber-tiny needles, (for which we had four entries from three knitters)  knitsbyteri is our winner.  She’ll be getting a cone of yarn from

She has her  choice between Article 2025 (Rayon PetalSpun, 100% Rayon, Sport Weight, approximately 1680 yards per pound) Article 74C (100% Mercerized Cotton Size 10, approximately 2700 yards per cone – in choice of colors shown in Article 74P ), Article 950C (100% Cotton yarn in 3 Ply Baby Fashion weight, approximately 1680 yards per cone) or Article 984C (100% Cotton yarn in 4 Ply Fashion weight, approximately 1680 yards per cone) or any other 1 pound cone of yarn they have!

She will also receive a pdf pattern from Baxterknits

And finally, for Bulky Lace (for which we had 11 entries from 6 knitters)… our prize goes to birgit!

She will be receiving  125g (nearly 1500 m) of indigo dyed lace-weight yarn, subtly dyed varying hues with indigo exclusively for the Season of Lace group from Andie at Renaissance Dyeing and a pdf pattern from Bad Cat Designs

There will be more Raffles…. more Random Joy…. and of course, Judged Competitions, and soon, a chance to vote for the Viewers’ Choice Award!!

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

I just started this a couple of weeks ago.  It’s a fast easy pattern.  I’m planning on giving it as a gift to a very fair complexioned, blue eyed, blonde lady.  Do you think this red will look good on that type of coloring?  I hope so.  You can see all the project details here.

Cast-on on Monday:

I hit the feather-and-fan section yesterday.  I’m already almost 3 repeats past where I was when I took this photo.

(The specs, for those of you playing along at home: Hemlock Ring Blanket, as adapted by Jared Flood of BrooklynTweed; Cascade Eco-Wool; size 10 needles)

I love this pattern.  I think it’s going to be link Pringles–you can’t have just one.

Started going through & entering my stash in Ravelry (don’t even ask…it’s scary, really scary…I think they’ll have to bury me with yarn & needles…) and I couldn’t resist starting this to see what the SWS would do with it.

I’ve also knit up another quickie on Size 13s with a very simple lace pattern, an oddly shaped item that when finished, turns into a shrug! Haven’t photo-ed that yet though. I so love the feel of Moda-Dea Dream (a friend who commented on it this past weekend called it “sensuous” and I have to agree!), I can almost forget the fact that it’s acrylic & nylon!

Here’s the budding vest:

Knit ON!

Diane

P.S. I MUST MUST MUST finish my vest.

I MUST MUST MUST finish my vest.

I MUST MUST MUST finish my vest.  Only 20? days to go!!!

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

Whipped out one of your market bags! Another gifty-type item for the holidays…I just HAD to finish something!

More than 500 stitches per round now, soooo slooooow, and it doesn’t help that I’ve decided to get creative and not completely follow the given pattern, so each pattern row I sit and stare and think & look through books and and and…

But I HAD to check out the diameter, so put it on 5 circulars & it’s up to 34″ unstretched!

Diane

I finished my Generations purse using Reynolds Cabana cotton. I like the Cabana Cotton it is very light and squishy for being a bulky cotton. I think I will line this bag with some batik fabric I have.

Pattern- Generations purse in Cabana Cotton 173 yds.

The Peacock Mananita is going along well, but gosh the rounds are getting long! I really wonder how anyone ever finishes a pi shawl or any other of the ginormous round shawls with thousands of stitches at the outer edge!!! I’m up to the fourth round of holes now. It’s taking surprisingly LESS yarn than I thought it would…so far…I haven’t even used up the first wheel yet! So I’ve changed it to the Small Lace Category for now. We’ll see what happens when I get to the edging…

Knit On! everyone,

Diane