Posted: January 8th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: handmaiden, projects: shetland lace shawl, scarves&shawls, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: blue, crafty, handknit, knit, lace, shawl, shetland lace, triangular shawl | 2 Comments »
I’ve had a pretty calm first week at school, so the knitting has been going pretty quickly. I managed to turn my skein of pretty, pretty Mini Maiden (50/50 wool/silk! omg!) from this:
Into this.
And in a little less than a week. The pattern I’m using is the Shetland Triangle Shawl (
) which, according to Ravelry, everyone and their dog has already knit. On the one hand, this makes me feel very unspecial and boring, but on the other it lets me exploit the power of Ravelry to my advantage, which is awesome.
For instance: the pattern calls for ten repeats of the main lace motif, and then to begin the edging. But other people have already used this pattern with this yarn, and discovered that if you want to use up the entire skein, you can get away with twelve repeats. I realize this is not new news to anybody, but the fact that a website exists where I can figure this out is still, like, the coolest thing ever.
Does anyone know if there’s some sort of Ravelry for sewing? I fear I’ve been spoiled.
Song of the Entry: Ke$ha – Your Love Is My Drug (Listen)
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: handmaiden, projects: cable and lace scarf redux, scarves&shawls, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cable and lace redux, handknit, handmaiden fine yarns, knitting, scarf, silk, silk maiden | No Comments »
It’s done! It’s done, it’s done, it’s done! (And a good thing, too, because now I can pay even more attention to my NaKniSweMo sweater.) This is, as I predicted, an awfully short scarf – it wraps around my neck exactly one time, enough that I can single-knot it together. (Or hold the ends together with a brooch, if I were the kind of person who owned and wore brooches, but I am not.) The pattern is Cable and Lace Scarf Redux by The Kniterella, which is gorgeous (and I apologize for the snotty Ravelry-only linking, I am too lazy to find a link to the unlocked pattern) and went by very quickly.
I don’t care how short it is, though. It is warm, and unbelievably soft, and I may actually never take it off.
Song of the Entry: The Eagles – Take it Easy
Posted: November 1st, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: handmaiden, projects: cable and lace scarf redux, scarves&shawls, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cable-and-lace scarf, handknits, handmaiden fine yarns, handmaiden silk maiden, knitting, lace, lace scarves, scarves | No Comments »
Remember the yarn I bought over Thanksgiving weekend? This yarn? I finally knit with it! Basically, the second I picked up the skein I just wanted to squish my face against it (the wool/silk is ridiculously soft) – so I decided the best thing to make would be something that went against my neck and face.
This is a scarf! Or possibly just a glorified neckerchief, since I’m trying to make as much scarf as I can get out of 300 yards, but, whatever. It’s going to be awesome, and I can squish it against my face as much as I want to.
Song of the Entry: P!nk – Bad Influence
