I've been away for a couple of weeks doing this; Icarus ! My first ever lace shawl, and I have been bitten by the lace-y bug! I've heard the Yarn Harlot speak of the 'magic' of lace blocking , and now I too have experienced the magic ... and it is AMAZING! [although I had to wear a plastic on my thumbs for the next couple of days after pushing all those pins into the carpet] This shawl chose me - I went to see Sunshine at the cinema [alright, but mince for the last 3rd of the film] and the spacecraft was called Icarus. Random knit-blog surfing after the film found me at Mirum's blog . I love the design - it's Icarus ' frame with the feathers having melted to the ends. I used handpaintedyarn.com's laceweight - colourways Bombon and Sunshine Yellow. Like Icarus, I too began in a cocky manner, convinced of my success and confident that I didn't need lifelines or stitch-markers to mark pattern repeats. I learned my lesson [along with how to tink lace and...
....yet so far ;0)
ReplyDeleteIndia
110 now ...
ReplyDeleteI'll be in by Monday to find you! ;0)
Elaine x
I'm green with envy (good job that green is my favourite colour). Looking forward to hearing all about it, as I reckon I'm still about 10 days away!
ReplyDelete10 now ... *sigh*
ReplyDeletethink I'll have to wait til tomorrow [tues]
so impatient!!
:)