Peacock
My work on the recycled yarn tank top that I mentioned before has stalled out a little bit for a couple of reasons. The fabric I was gettting with my old lady yarn was gorgeous. It had the perfect drape, I loved the colour... unfortunately, I was knitting at a tighter gauge than the original shirt. I realized when I had about 4 inches of the back completed, yet had knitted almost 1/3 of the yarn I had that small stitches=more yarn for same area. (Duh.) I wouldn't have enough.
Undaunted, I turned to another project. I had some bright orange cotton yarn reclaimed from yet another old-lady sweater (I really have to stop calling them that; I'm going to offend someone. "Mature female person garment" then. MFPG for short.) It was perfect for a tank top out of Vogue Knitting summer 2005 ( I can't find a picture online, you'll have to use your imagination, hahaha.) Anyhow, it's knit up, the seams are sewn, all that's left is knitting the neckline, weaving in ends, and some sequin embroidery... and I just got bored. I think I'll finish it next week, though, because if I leave it much longer I'm not going to be able to wear it this summer, which is just silly.
Instead of working on the tank top(s) I've been knitting on the Peacock Feathers Shawl from Fiddlesticks Knitting. This is the same designer that did the Flirty Ruffles Shawl, and it's actually the third pattern of hers I've knit. (The other one is the Garden Shawl. I don't think I've ever posted a picture of it. I don't think I've ever taken a picture of it. Perhaps I should. But later.) I love her patterns because they are interesting, easy to follow, and have big charts with them.
Anyways, here's a picture of the lace in progress. Since I am too lazy to take this off the needle, you can't see the whole thing. My hand is in the picture to give you an idea of the scale of the lace. I'm doing this at a much smaller gauge than the pattern calls for, just because I wanna. I like the looks of this better. (I'm using a much lighter weight yarn, so the needle has to be smaller.)
mmm... lacy peacock feathers. Dorothy Siemens is so very clever.
Undaunted, I turned to another project. I had some bright orange cotton yarn reclaimed from yet another old-lady sweater (I really have to stop calling them that; I'm going to offend someone. "Mature female person garment" then. MFPG for short.) It was perfect for a tank top out of Vogue Knitting summer 2005 ( I can't find a picture online, you'll have to use your imagination, hahaha.) Anyhow, it's knit up, the seams are sewn, all that's left is knitting the neckline, weaving in ends, and some sequin embroidery... and I just got bored. I think I'll finish it next week, though, because if I leave it much longer I'm not going to be able to wear it this summer, which is just silly.
Instead of working on the tank top(s) I've been knitting on the Peacock Feathers Shawl from Fiddlesticks Knitting. This is the same designer that did the Flirty Ruffles Shawl, and it's actually the third pattern of hers I've knit. (The other one is the Garden Shawl. I don't think I've ever posted a picture of it. I don't think I've ever taken a picture of it. Perhaps I should. But later.) I love her patterns because they are interesting, easy to follow, and have big charts with them.
Anyways, here's a picture of the lace in progress. Since I am too lazy to take this off the needle, you can't see the whole thing. My hand is in the picture to give you an idea of the scale of the lace. I'm doing this at a much smaller gauge than the pattern calls for, just because I wanna. I like the looks of this better. (I'm using a much lighter weight yarn, so the needle has to be smaller.)
mmm... lacy peacock feathers. Dorothy Siemens is so very clever.This weekend Richard and I are going camping in PEI for a couple of days. We are resolved to take more pictures of this adventure, and to that end the camera batteries are charging.
posted by Valerie at 9:42 a.m.
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