June 2006 »
Book Review: A Gathering of Lace
June 30th, 2006 | 2 Comments
Author: Meg Swansen
Publisher: XRX, Inc.
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I never fancied myself a shawl-wearer, but this book may have made a convert out of me. A Gathering of Lace includes a huge variety of gorgeous shawls. My favorites are the Feather & Fan Shawl (p. 56) and the Frost Flowers & Leaves Shawl (p. 59).
This book is a true gathering of lace; the projects are diverse, both in type and in construction. Projects range from stoles, shawls, and shrugs to socks, hats–the Picture Hat (p. 142) is truly amazing, gloves, and pillows. The construction of all the projects is highly varied, as are the required yarns. Needles sizes for projects range from 000 for the Magickal Earth Shawl (p. 74) to 10 for the large Faroese Shawl (p. 32), Spiral Shawl (p. 79), and Super-Spiral Shawl (p. 82).
I think it’s safe to say that you could knit all the projects in this book without ever feeling like you’re just doing a variation on a theme.
Two, Two, One
June 28th, 2006 | 1 Comment
Two socks, two circs, one foot. And I guess one bag.
I present to you what appears to be a successful heel turn and set of gusset decreases on the straight-laced socks. This is getting exciting!
Is This Thing On?
June 26th, 2006 | 1 Comment
*tap tap* Testing, testing, 1 2 3…
Are we live? Ok.
I imagine that moving a web site and teleportation involve similar sensations. Even though you know in your head that the technology is perfectly safe and reliable, you still feel the need to pat yourself all over and check for missing body parts once you’ve arrived. Or at least the sensations would be similar, if teleportation was safe and reliable or, y’know, existent.
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