victorian lace shawl
January 23, 2006
Mission Accomplished
whoot!
a million and four pattern repeats later, the dead carrot shawl is done! maybe the pitcure doesnt show it, but i think if the shawl was black and batman was a woman, it sure would have some secret technologies enabling batwoman to fly into the night as well as attend social events. i just finished today, after many hours of angst that my butt was about to become one with the couch. once blocking is done, the scalloping on the bottom should look more like the real thing. also, if you look to the right side of the picture, there are some pretty sweet mistakes that zig zag the pattern around. its always so nice when i can only detect errors once i'm super far away from them and *way* not motivated to go back. mom, if you're reading this, think "character counts." anyways, i should get crack'a lackin' on the good old biochem so i feel prepared for my test next week! yay.
Posted by SQ at 09:21 PM | Comments (6)
January 17, 2006
Victorian Lace Shawl
being the super child that i am, when the elann ad came in the mail, i offered to make the victorian lace shawl for my mom. it looked pretty cool, but i'd say my ego and i are a few decades too young to be wearing shawls anywhere, so mom it was!
the total pattern is 8 balls of yarn, and i'm on number three. its three different knit lace patterns, the first of which i never caught on to, which is pretty sad of me. every other row increases by four stitches, and im just waiting until i only get like 3 rows out of one ball of yarn and manage to hang all of that from my circular needle without stitches spontaneously popping off. seriously.. the last ball of yarn is reserved only for casting off. one thing about elann though.. my mom picked out the cognac color, which looked like a bright brown on the ad they sent in the mail, but in reality its more of a dead carrot color. i dont mind knitting with the color, but its beyond me what manufacturer is gonna make anything to match it. i'll think positive though!
other than that, i hope everyone had super holidays and happy knittings!
Posted by SQ at 05:46 PM | Comments (4)
