Oh I have been neglecting my blog!!!
We are moving to a new office at work, so life has been very hectic there, and I have been madly knitting a birthday gift. It's finished, and I still have loads of time to block it, but was desperate to get it finished in order to get on with a shawl for me!!
I am making shoalwater in Hipknits cashmere laceweight. The colour is called puddles, and it reminds me of clotted cream, fudge and milk chocolate. I'll do some pics when it has grown a bit.
I have also received my order of Lana Borgosesia laceweight yarn, which is amazingly soft, and the skein is extremely long. It took about 3 hours to unwind it - I wish I had a swift. I will be using this to make a wrap for my daughter from the Victorian Lace Today book. I haven't decided which one yet, and will need some peace and quiet to get started on it. She has also requested that it is black, so I may need a little longer than usual to do this one, as I prefer natural daylight when knitting black yarn.
I'm off to pick up MY knitting now, and am quite excited that it's something for me.
1 comment:
Hello there! I saw your comment about the Quill Lace socks on the Angel Yarns Knitting Forum. I thought it was amazing that you'd started knitting approximately the same pattern into a pair of socks! I'd adapted the stitch pattern from one I'd seen in the book "Knitting on the Edge." It took a while, but I was able to adapt the stitch pattern for knitting in the round (I've used it to trim a knitted gift bag), and then for knitting a pair of socks. It actually didn't work well until I'd knit them up on two needles!
Post a Comment