News — Designing

Done; off the needles, ends stitched in, washed and somewhat blocked.  That's a full-size bed.  Still need to get a formal shot against a white background so the lace details show up; ideally, with the shawl and the camera aligned.  Ran out of the navy glitter yarn halfway through the last round. Tested several lace edgings and in the end, decided a simple cast-off was the better option. Fun.  Engaging.  Now onto something new.

I sent down start to work out the pattern for Swirls. First, I charted the pattern as it was written, to make an octagon. I laid out the yarn overs and the K2Ts and I couldn’t quite figure out how the pattern actually grew. It looked like you did one K2T for every yarn over. However, drawing out the pattern helped me understand what the basic structure of the unit. Next, I drew out the pattern again, this time working out where I needed to be increasing additional stitches to turn the octagon into a hexagon. Again, I couldn’t figure...

I’m almost done with the #LoveIsLove Pi Shawl, and I have a commission on the way, but it’s not going to come in for a few more weeks. I need something to knit. We have a car trip this weekend, and a convention, and I have about an hour or three left on #LoveIsLove, and that’s not enough. I need something to knit. I had a spin through the Pittsboro resale stores today.  On my pass through the PTA thrift shop, I found 3 cones of 8/2 rayon in a soft gray color. It’s fine and a little shiny, and...

That didn't work.  I had some bright red boucle yarn that I was planning to use for the last ring of big hearts.  I finished off the Noro shown in the last article, and started with the boucle.  Made it to two rows and gave up.  Forgot to take a picture; sorry. The yarn was too thick for the lace--couldn't see the stitches, couldn't see the pattern developing, and worst of all, I couldn't see what stitch I was on--whether I had already done the two K2T (effectively), or only one.  Unpleasant. So I unpicked, and that messed up the...

Moving into the final ring, this in orange blending to red.  Had a tiny bit of orange mohair that made a round or two, then moved into a long Nori leftover, blended with a bit of pink alpaca laceweight to shift the color toward red, and to add a bit of bulk.