Remember my Winter Shawl, from the A Handsome Lace Triangle pattern in Victorian Lace Today and made in Colourmart's Extra Fine Merino Double Knitting? Gorgeous yarn - and I had some left, plus a hankering to make Jared Flood's Juneberry Triangle... and thus, the June Shawl was born. Details and gallery.
I always cry at weddings
WIP Wednesday! WIPpage this week has been entirely confined to this little piece of froth... It is the rectangular stole version of Kieran Foley's Teardrop shawl. I am making it in a 2ply alpaca blend yarn - Machair, from The Yarn Yard. There is some very subtle beading going on there, with 11/0 beads in …
O, the WIP of Woe
I almost missed WIP Wednesday. Busy making spinning "cake", and feeling sorry for myself. A happy juxtaposition -- as there is nothing like a good slice of unecessary carbohydrate to cheer up dismal spirits (so long as one pays no attention to the ever expanding hipline, that is) Feast your eyes on that for a …
Where did my weekend go?
Friday's FO post went AWOL, I am sorry. My Maia was more than ready to show off but Romi's Maia was not - in short, there was nowhere to link to. The pattern page is now up on Ravelry and I'll do the FO post this week instead. In short, I am a total blog failure. I am not even prepared for today's Show and Tell post. I am in such a fury of actual knitting production that there seems little time to squeeze anything else in. So, for today, you may feast your eyes on the RAK package that arrived yesterday.
Where’s my WIPs?
Look at this - it is almost bedtime and I have been too busy working on my WIPs (and other things) to take any WIP photos or put any words together. I shall have to tease instead, because I feel my bed calling to me. The test knit that I began on Saturday, Romi's Maia …
Peacock feathers
It's Tuesday - let's wave our tail feathers! Lots to see and something to tell. Come on in and read some more.