Progress so far on the Lily of the Valley Shawl. (*Click on the photos to see them larger and more in detail)
More pretty photos and status reports on the rest of my classmates' progress can be seen here.
I'm also near to having another FO from the Lace Styles book, The Silk Shrug. I just have to tweak a few things and then pick up and knit a few rows of garter stitch around the main opening.
I used the ONLine Linie 12 Clip in the Deep Red color on size 7 & 8 needles.
This is a fun, fast lace project, perfect for beginner lace knitters. The only modification I made was to knit it a bit longer (28" vs. 25.5") to fit my wider shoulders. The finished shrug featured in the book looked a little small for the teeny tiny model and so I was worried that the not-so-stretchy-cotton would make it unwearably tight for me. In retrospect, I probably didn't need to make it quite as long as I did. Now I have to go back and seam up the armholes a little more before picking up the edge stitches to make it not too baggy.
OOoooohhhhhhh, I am in love with your shawl. Soooooooo pretty.
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Wow, that's a lot of beautiful lace. You just boggled my been-knitting-stockinette-for-months mind.
ReplyDelete[...] As a reprieve from all that lace I needed some simple, fast, mindless knitting and I wasn’t in the mood for a sock. Hence, a garter stitch shawl was born. The yarn still knits up gaudy and loud, but the colors are pretty and it will keep my neck and shoulders cozy this winter. [...]
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