gathering it all together
This is my first test knit for Designs by Romi. The shawl pattern is named Merope and is one of a forthcoming set of seven small shawls, all named after the Pleiades.
Merope is available now as a single purchase or as part of the yet-to-be-completed e-book series
Lórien was an entirely ad hoc project; I had sorte dout all my projects for the Colourmart Lovers competition KAL and suddebly realised that I needed a ferry knitting project (I’ll discuss the blanket another time.) I had seen the Lórien patterns a while ago on Ravelry a nd it sprang to mind as a candidate. I cast around for some stash to knit it with and my eye fell upon my weaving basket…
Details and gallery.
A very belated FO post — this shawl was completed ages ago but blocking was deferred.
Mere photos cannot do justice to the handle of this garment. The yarn is so smooth and almost silky – soft, warm, and plumptious. The finished article has both heft and drape – in fact, it almost has sproing. I so wish that I had a crinoline to wear this shalw over. It just begs to be draped in the crook of the arms and dangle over a full skirt…
Details and gallery.
The “FO” in today’s post does not stand for “Finished Object”… In fact, although I had a veritable plethora of FOs lined up for today’s post – the week, our house guest and the virus have combined in overtaking me. All I want to do now is to go back to bed, so… FO, Friday! …
FO Friday. No FOs to show, but one that has almost made it is soaking in the sink. I shall pin it out later and maybe there will be an FO post next Friday. I made “A Handsome Triangle” from Victorian Lace Today, intending that it would be my winter cosy. Well, here we are …
For most of this week, I have been completely convinced of my inability to produce an FO post today but lo and behold… I reached Thursday afternoon, the trees cleared, and I finally saw the metaphorical wood. In other words, I whipped that craft room into proper order and had space in which to work.
To be truthful, I do not suppose this really is a finished object; it is a finished weaving, but it has yet to become whatever it is destined to be.