Seasons of Lace

I am really glad I had the time to get these finished. I didn’t want any unfinished lace sitting around. I’m ready to start holiday knitting! These are Eyelet rib socks in Shepherd Sock, color Mother Lode 284 yds. I’ll be back tomorrow for my final wrap-up.

For once, I’ve had a successful KAL!  Despite past tradition of not knitting along, I manged to knit lace (and only lace!) successfully all summer.  I even managed to sneak in one last completion:

Pattern: Pear and Trellis (Knitspot)

Yarn:Colourmart Cashmere/Silk 3/45NM Laceweight, worked with two strands together

Needles: 3.0mm/ U.S. 2-1/2

In addition to two other completed projects, I also started, frogged, restarted, refrogged, restarted (etc.) two other projects, which might actually get back on the needles…sometime.  Earlier, I finally started Bee Fields (also Knitspot), but, distracted by my Ravelympics entry, didn’t make it out of the second (first? my memory’s foggy on this one) chart.  As it stands today, I’m not sure it’s much further than my previous posting.

So, in sum total, I manged…erm…not very many yards, at least compared to some!

Previously submitted, Mare ocsuro had 815 yards.

Of a total 287 yards for Pear & Trellis, I knit 180 during Summer of Lace.

Elm Row was 268 yards

And Bee Fields, so far stands at ~ 165 yards.

For a grand (ahem) total of 1428 yards.  Not exactly impressive…but if you count all the frogging and reknitting…actually, I’m really happy with what I accomplished.  Now onto a fall for finishing! (And sweaters. Which need finished.)

I finished my Christmas Lace Dishcloth this afternoon making it my final finished project

I went to a family gathering yesterday not realizing the date for final submission was the 23rd. While there, I cast on another lace dishcloth so I’d have something to keep my hands busy while we sat around chatting. (Many of us ladies are in the habit of bringing piecework.)  Anyway, here is a photo of it I took after I got back home

The pattern is called Christmas Lace Dishcloth and the yarn is Sugar and Cream.

My lace progress was suddenly impeded by the development of a wonky thumb.  But I had travel time with lots of time to knit coming up!  So I cast about (HAR!) for No Purl Lace projects.  And remembered a lovely pattern by Sivia Harding which I had bought this spring; and the special yarn I had bought on a trip to Chicago early this summer.

In only a few days, here’s the result: the Victorian Shoulderette Shawl, in Artyarns Silk Rhapsody Glitter:

Since I didn’t realize the deadline was extended, the photograph above is without blocking, so it’ll be a bit longer when blocked, but being garter stitch, it does not require blocking to see the pattern in any case.

ETA:

Here it is after blocking!

It is meant to be a small shoulder shawl, and used about 220 yards of the 250 yard skein.

The yarn is gorgeous, silk/mohair with a strand of glitter, though not easy to knit, being both slippery and also two strands that are not plied together, so one has to keep an eye on it.  Addi Lace needles worked well for me.

The colors remind me of pearls:  cream, pale grey, pale pink.

But no purls!!

So, this Season of Lace is drawing to a close. We’ve got two more days to finish things up so that they can earn more raffle tickets.  I’m pretty sure that unless I abandon all other activities between now and midnight on Tuesday, this will be the last thing I finishing for THIS Season of Lace.  (I’ll be working on the other stuff in the interim, and plotting others to START for Winter of Lace though).

I designed this hat for my friend.

It’s got lace and cables.

I’ve been told that the lace looks like sky scrapers in the decreasing sections.

Perhaps they’re to remind us to reach, always, for the sky — because the sky is the limit.

I like the way the cables continue on and on, even as they get smaller at the crown..

Like hope, they never quite die, and at their smallest, they gain strength from joining with one another.

It’s made of soft yarn — yet sturdy yarn.  A bit of acrylic, and a bit of silk.  So that man’s tinkering and nature’s strength and beauty combine. … rather like chemo therapy and a patient.  I know her strength and beauty will hold out…. and I look forward to the day when her hair has returned to the thick luxurious tresses that would make this a tad snug.  Until then, may it keep her warm.

I’ll work on something airier for her for when she doesn’t need it anymore.

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

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.

Believe it or not, this shawl has less than 350 yards of luscious wool/silk yarn - details of which can be seen at my Ravelry link.

  I couldn’t believe it knitted up so quickly!  I will be tackling another shawl some day. 

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.