Pattern: Stora Dimun (Ravelry link) from Folk Shawls by Cheryl Oberlee Yarn: Dale of Norway Lerke, colour 5063, maybe 8 skeins. Or 9? Needles: not sure, might have been 3.5 mm?? See? Without blogging I completely loose track of what I’m doing. There is a lot of catching up to do, although it won’t be a significant [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lace’
Catching up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, blanket, lace, shawl on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A few facts about Faroese shawls
Posted in Knitting, tagged lace, shawl on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
1. Faroese shawls are pretty (that is a fact in my world). 2. They are knit from the outer edge and require casting on plus/minus half a thousand stitches. 3. The first ball of yarn does not take a knitter very far.
Old favourites and new ones
Posted in Finished 2008, tagged beads, lace, shawl on November 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Believe it or not, but I actually have an FO pile. Not as big as my UFO pile, but still. These days the bottleneck is actually the photographing. Curling up with a book or some knitting has been a lot more tempting lately than standing outside with freezing fingers trying to get some good photos [...]
Castonitis and the occasional dropped yarnover
Posted in Knitting, tagged lace, shawl, socks on August 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My knitting goes in phases. Two or three times a year I manage to complete the cycle, only to again throw myself head first into a new round. The start usually leaves my living room looking like above for a few days, a warning sign by itself. During this phase all books, pattern files, stash [...]
Protect and comfort
Posted in Finished 2008, tagged beads, lace, shawl on February 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Pattern: Feather and Fan comfort shawl Yarn: Evilla Artyarn 6/2 colour Denim, 185 g, and PT2 colour 06, 2 balls (100 g). About 250 blue and grey beads, randomly placed along edge. Needles: 3.5 and 4 mm Addi Turbo Lace circulars Breast cancer has somehow become the knitblogging disease. We read about it, raise money [...]
