One of the best parts of Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp is Show and Tell. Campers bring their favorite knits and share them with the group. Inspiration abounds! Many projects have been added to queue! [For the curious: I took Lyra, The Dragon Sweater, and my Sleeping Baby’s Castle Blanket].
Anyway, one of the Campers (Lucy) brought a C-U-T-E shawlette in variegated black and white — knit in Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball color 1993 Schokocreme – a sock yarn with long color changes. I loved it and put it in the recesses of my mind, only to be brought forward when I found the very yarn at Amazing Threads. The pattern is called Lazy Katy: originally written in German with a translation that left a few things to the imagination.
Okay. Sounds simple enough. Many Ravelry projects and even instructions on enlarging the shawl. I bought the yarn last Saturday and dove in enthusiastically. The very unusual asymmetric, intriguing shape make it a fun knit. I wanted the lace to be white and edged in black like Lucy’s, so that meant removing the white sections of the yarn and saving them for later.
I decided to make the large version and got all the way to the lace when I realized I did not have enough yarn. I had to rip WAY back. Even doing that, I did not have enough yarn for the white lace, and had to splice every nerd I could find to get it done. I blocked it out without measuring and I think it is quite small, so I may reblock to get more length vs depth so it wraps around me better. Lettie modelling my Lazy Katy:
Not quite sure what to think of it. I think I like it!
On a sad note — the knitting world lost a tremendous talent this week with the passing of Joyce Williams. She was a staple at Meg’s Knitting Camp (and attended Camp 2.75 this year with us). She was a force to be reckoned with, had a great wit, and was a truly awesome knitter. Her book Latvian Dreams: Knitting from Weaving Charts is a classic for those seeking a challenge: not for the faint of heart! Joyce will be greatly missed. To leave a comment about Joyce, visit her CaringBridge page.
