Designing Women
July 2nd, 2006 | 2 Comments
This is what’s on my coffee table at the moment. Guess what I’m up to!
That’s right, I’m going to try to design something. Something lacy, in fact. That involves charting my own lace pattern.
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!
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