Today I could finally release the Sisters scarf from its blocking and weave in all the ends. I am really happy with the result and the recipient also seemed pleased.
This pattern was really easy to memorize and quick to knit. I can definitely recommend it for beginners, but also for those who want a quick project for a present.
Yarn is Zauberball.
Well, it might seem that way looking at this photo. But in reality it was a very well-structured and interesting get together about lace knitting. There was an abundance of literature and shawls as well as smaller samples to study.
I really would have wanted to start on a Fairoese shawl, the kind with shoulder shaping and long tails that you wrap around the body, but I realised it needed more focus and time than I have at the moment. Instead, I started on the Highland Triangle Shawl from Cheryl Oberle's book Folk Shawls.
The construction is interesting enough to be a smaller challenge: first you knit the main triangle, then you pick up stitches along the edges and knit a border, followed by an edge. And I could finally put to use the wonderful Östergötland's Visjö I scored in a swap one time long ago (Do you remember, Maria?)!
I finished Gail.
I finished the Flowerbasket shawl for my mother some time ago. The yarn is Finnish Pirkkalanka in a beautiful turquoise colour. She seemed to like it and I hope she uses it sometimes as well.
Here is the February baby sweater from Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac that I knitted for a friend's baby girl. Yesterday they had the naming ceremony for her (like a non-Christian christening) and this was part of my gift. But I'm not sure it fits her anymore, she had grown so much since I last saw her! Oh, well, they can always frame it and keep it on the wall.
Dear KnitPicks,
Your interchangeable needles are divine. Please send my love to Maria for um, getting them into the country... You are not only pretty, but very comfortable to knit with.
To prove my point I started yet another project... Can anyone guess what it is I'm knitting? The yarn is an old frogged sock in Koigu KPPPM.
Sorry, but I have this terrible cold with a really "phlegmatic" cough. Anyone know of any remedies that would be safe for me?
But what I really wanted to say was that the now infamous Susan Reishus mystery lace knitalong seems to have collapsed completely. What started out as my first ever myster KAL turned into a soap opera of sorts. I'm not quite sure what's going on now, but I think it's been called off completely.
Instead, I have found not one but TWO other KALs to join. Thanks to some helpful hints from a friend I am now taking part in one Slow Bee group and one Goddess Knits.
But at the same time I have already started three lace project all on my own, so maybe those KALs won't get done until next year after all. Here is Laminaria, which I'm knitting in the lovely pink linen from Marias Garn. The yarn is a little bit tricky to work in this pattern, because it's rather stiff and slippery. But I think the end result will be great!
Just a status photo of the Beefields shawl. We like very much.
