I know you’re all dying to know. First, let me thank you for all of your kind comments on the Cap Shawl and on my daughter, who modeled it for me. It is a beautiful shawl and it is an easy pattern. Really — it is. As I said when I first posted about it, the only thing that might be tricky for a beginning lace knitter is getting started. Once you have some stitches on the needle, the pattern is easy to knit and remember. The border is not difficult either; it’s just slow.
One other note: because Kidsilk Haze is difficult to rip out (the mohair in it acts like velcro), you might want a smoother yarn if you are a newbie.
Oh! And thanks Deirdre for the compliment on my garden. I should have taken pictures a week ago when the primrose and peonies were still in bloom. I’m in a bit of a flower lull at the moment.
So, what am I up to now? Well, I do have to finish the baby blanket (Widdicombe Fair, aka the Carousel Baby Blanket redux). I put it down to finish the Cap Shawl and that baby is due in July which, if I can count correctly, is coming up soon.
I have also picked up one of my *coughgeezhowmanyofthesedoIhavelyingaround?cough* unfinished head start projects: Hanne Falkenberg’s Mermaid. I was actually pretty far on this one when I got seduced by something else:
I started it with a provisional cast on (on the left side of the photo); when I get to the collar on the right side I’ll pick up stitches around the neck and the live stitches waiting on the left side and knit it all in one piece so I don’t have a seam in the middle of the neck. I’m not sure why Hanna didn’t write this pattern that way because she has done that on some of her other designs. Not that I have a cupboard full of unknit Hanne Falkenberg kits or anything.
Oh, a Mermaid – I have one of those languishing – I mean, aging nicely – in my stash – you may have inspired me to pull it out and play with it…
Comment by Deirdre — June 10, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
Sally- I’m probably the only person in the blogoverse that doesn’t have
a mermaid in her closet.
Good that you already have a head start.
Comment by Lorraine — June 10, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
You follow the shawl with a Mermaid? What good reading for us! I have long admired Mermaid–the shape and the colors are fabulous.
Comment by suzanne — June 10, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
What? You didn’t have another shawl lined up 😉
Isn’t that always the case? Why bother knitting something you have to when you can do almost anything else, especially when you can measure the time you need it to be ready in weeks?
I’ve got to say that I’m disappointed that you weren’t inspired to pick up your Lismore!
Comment by Marina — June 10, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
The colors in your mermaid are terrific. One comment from me on the Cap shawl — I’m knitting it as my first lace project, and it’s going pretty well. I’ve only had to rip back once, and I’m up to row 100-and something — maybe 10 rows from the end of the main section. It gets easier as you go. Fun knitting.
Not sure if it’s considered summer knitting at this size — but I’m moving ahead, and turning up the air condiitoning.
Comment by Wendy O'C — June 11, 2007 @ 7:37 am
The Mermaid! That’s what I need to add to my WIP’s. Wow, you were pretty far along. Somehow the closer I am to finishing a project, the more I want to heave it into the Finish Later pile. (Well, really, at that point, I want it to knit itself. I have to do everything? 😉
Comment by Carrie K — June 12, 2007 @ 4:17 pm