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!!

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 finally finished spinning the yarn and have cast on for the Heartland Lace Shawl by Evelyn Clark. This shawl has special meaning for me, but I will go into that when I do my FO post.

After a light blocking, here is my handspun Wensleydale scarf. I love, love, love it!!!

Vicki

So I’ve been spinning a lot this year as one of my goals is to knit more lace projects with my own hand spun yarns. I purchased some beautiful Madder dyed BFL from “A Verb For Keeping Warm” and spun it with the Majacraft Rose using the lace flyer/fat core bobbin combination. I am using the yarn to knit a stole from a Japanese book “Vintage Knitting in Tradition” and the pattern is captioned “Cloches a travers les feuilles” which translates into “Your guess is as good as mine!” I’m using US 0 needles.  Below you can see that I have finished The Saigon Scarf from badcatdesigns using hand spun lace weight yarn I made from fiber purchased from Spritely Goods. It came out pretty though my pictures don’t do it justice.  I only have 4 more rows for my International Shawl and though it is not for competition or for raffle, I will post when done since the Seasons of Lace is keeping me on my goal of finishing

Well, I frogged my first scarf due to not really liking how it was turning out. So, I have spent a couple of weeks spinning instead, to get some yarns to use for our Seasons of Lace. I decided to try a new wool for me - Wensleydale.

Here is the roving I started with. I bought it from Lisa Souza in the Petroglyph colorway.

This is my finished 2-ply handspun. I was amazed at the transformation of top to handspun.

I chose the Misty Gardern pattern from Scarf Style for my handspun. I wasn’t quite able to capture the warm of the yarn in this photo, but it gives you an idea of how my scarf is progressing. I really like it!

Vicki

So I’m making progress on the Saigon Scarf by badcatdesigns. It’s made with hand spun yarn, fiber from Spritely goods in colorway “Palo Verde” 2 ply spun on a Majacraft Rose using the lace flier and fat-core bobbins.  It has merino, alpaca, firestar and angelina for sparkle.  This pattern has beads knit in and is quite pretty. I’m about 1/3 way done. I’ve also made progress on the border for the “International Shawl” which is to be a gift for a co-worker who is going to retire. The border has estonian leaves at the bottom and Madiera and Diamond lace at the top. Now for the edging.

For the Ravelry group “One Shawl To Rule Them All”, I’m knitting something different than the rest of the “Elven” group, but we are allowed to diverge. It’s called “The Saigon Scarf” by Badcatdesigns and is a free pattern on Ravelry.  I’m using a lace weight yarn I spun from fibers I puchased at  Spritely Goods in the “Palo Verde” colorway. It’s a combination of merino, alpaca, firestar and angelina with beads for accent. I’m using size 3.25 mm needles or US 3.  

I’ve started the Wakame Lace Tunic from the latest Interweave Knits, using Claudia Linen Lace (Copper Pennies) and 3.5mm needles. Loving it.

And I may now talk about & show pictures of the scarf I knit from alpaca/silk handspun for an exchange organized by a friend of mine. You can see more at my projects page on Ravelry. 

Edited to insert the flickr address for my scarf pic, rather than the uploaded image from my computer. Sorry about that.