I have done a lot of knitting over the last four months. Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of most of it, because I was a blogger in recovery. I now realize the foolishness of my ways and vow to photograph everything I make, whether I post it or not.
My Favorite FO:
This shrug is my own design made from five skeins of Noro Transitions. The yarn is incredible. The yarn changes not only color but fiber as well: from wool and silk to wool and mohair to wool and angora to wool and camel to wool and cashmere. Yummy. It is expensive, but if you can get it on sale (I think its still 40% off at Webs) it is worth it. I have worn this shrug more than anything else I have ever made.
I am currently obsessed with doilies. This is my first one:
This is "Weihnachsstern" from Diana: Die schoensten Strickdeckchen #5937. I used size 10 cotton crochet thread on size 2 needles.
I am currently knitting "Stor Lysedug" from Nuhann's site, Yarn Over, which has translations of German and Danish doily patterns from size 30 cotton crochet thread.
Unfortunately, when I moved from size 2 double points to circulars I accidently started knitting with needles a size larger. When I first noticed, I thought I could live with it, but I don't like the way the yarn is knittting up on size 3s. I'm going to try to frog back to where I made the change, 30 rows ago. No fun.
I am also knitting the Trellis Scarf from Interweave Knits, Spring 2006. But you can't see a picture of it because Blogger hates me.
I'm using Kid Silk Night in color #608. I've never really been into sparkly, but this is great. Checkout this closeup of the pattern: Oh no you can't do that either. Remember, Blogger hates me.
I believe Blogger may be holding a grudge. Dear blogger, I promise I won't ignore you for more than a week ever again. Maybe one day, when Blogger and I have rebuilt our shaky relationship, I will be able to shock and amaze you with these photos. The patterns really is lovely in mohair.
As you can (and cannot) see I'm currently in love with lace. I'm now trying to decide which lace patterns are must haves. Ive looked through Victorian Lace Today a couple of times. I almost bought it, but I only really like the rectangular shawls in the book. I think it would be easy to design my own if I got one of the Barbara Walker pattern books with lots of lace patterns in it.
On the other hand, doilies and round tablecloths are totally beyond my limited design skills. I couldn't even chart out the Stor Lysedug pattern from Yarn Over. I just couldn't get beyond the assymetrical increases. How do you represent them on a chart so that all the stitches line up properly? I gave up and started knitting from the written pattern.
What I really want is a book with lots of round lace patterns, both small and large. I've seen several on the web, but it's hard to decide without seeing the patterns in each one. So far I think I'll probably pick up Marianne Kinzel's books. They're inexpensive and I know each has at least one pattern I am interested in.
Hopefully I'll have all my Blogger kinks worked out by my next post. I promise that will be sooner than four month from now.
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