Lace
Below is a picture of a lace shawl that I completed recently. Pattern is from Cheryl Oberle's magnificent book "Folk Shawls". This is the "Wool Peddler" shawl that is on the cover of the book. I used Mountain Colors' "Wool Crepe" yarn for this project. This is a yarn that consists of a nubby, springy strand wound around a straight strand. This gives the yarn a very springy quality and texture.
Knitting lace with this yarn was rather challenging. If I had to start all over, I would choose a plain fingering or dk yarn. Because of the yarn's nubby, springy quality, it was rather difficult for me to see the stitches and yarn-overs and align the motifs properly. The colors also made the whole project challenging. However, persistence paid off in a shawl that has a great drape to it; it just hangs off the shoulders when worn and the stitches stretch out all by themselves. As a result, I found it unnecessary to block the finished shawl. The shawl is quite big and I had trouble fitting it into my camera view finder as a result.
Below is a quick lacy project that came out of the summer 2006 issue of Knitter's. This is the "Morning Glory" capelet designed by Rick Mondragon. I changed the edging for the capelet; the original had little short-row triangles that made the capelet look like Kermit the Frog's cape. I changed it to a simple feather and fan edging. The body of the capelet is gorgeous though and the lace pattern is not difficult to do. I used an Interlacements yarn for this capelet.
As you may have noticed, I like intense colors in my projects. I hope the recipients of these projects would not object to the colors.
Last are a couple of rectangular shawls I am making. The first is the wonderful Victorian shawl from the cover of the same issue of Knitter's. I am using Karabella's "Lace Mohair" for this project.
The second is a feather and fan shawl from an Interlacements pattern, using one of their gorgeous hand-painted yarns. I am not sure when I will finish these two projects. I am knitting a cardigan for my other half and he has been urging me to finish that one first before finishing anything else because fall is fast approaching!
Below is a picture of a lace shawl that I completed recently. Pattern is from Cheryl Oberle's magnificent book "Folk Shawls". This is the "Wool Peddler" shawl that is on the cover of the book. I used Mountain Colors' "Wool Crepe" yarn for this project. This is a yarn that consists of a nubby, springy strand wound around a straight strand. This gives the yarn a very springy quality and texture.
Knitting lace with this yarn was rather challenging. If I had to start all over, I would choose a plain fingering or dk yarn. Because of the yarn's nubby, springy quality, it was rather difficult for me to see the stitches and yarn-overs and align the motifs properly. The colors also made the whole project challenging. However, persistence paid off in a shawl that has a great drape to it; it just hangs off the shoulders when worn and the stitches stretch out all by themselves. As a result, I found it unnecessary to block the finished shawl. The shawl is quite big and I had trouble fitting it into my camera view finder as a result.
Below is a quick lacy project that came out of the summer 2006 issue of Knitter's. This is the "Morning Glory" capelet designed by Rick Mondragon. I changed the edging for the capelet; the original had little short-row triangles that made the capelet look like Kermit the Frog's cape. I changed it to a simple feather and fan edging. The body of the capelet is gorgeous though and the lace pattern is not difficult to do. I used an Interlacements yarn for this capelet.
As you may have noticed, I like intense colors in my projects. I hope the recipients of these projects would not object to the colors.
Last are a couple of rectangular shawls I am making. The first is the wonderful Victorian shawl from the cover of the same issue of Knitter's. I am using Karabella's "Lace Mohair" for this project.
The second is a feather and fan shawl from an Interlacements pattern, using one of their gorgeous hand-painted yarns. I am not sure when I will finish these two projects. I am knitting a cardigan for my other half and he has been urging me to finish that one first before finishing anything else because fall is fast approaching!
posted by Jeff @ 11:32 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home