Irrestistible
By JC | March 19, 2013
When I finished Daphne, what did I do next?
- Repair the tattered fingers on my gloves?
- Re-sole DH’s house slippers?
- Fix the hole in my toe socks?
Nope, nope, and nope. Despite the need for the gloves/slippers/socks (it’s still damp and drizzle season, after all), and despite the satisfaction of well-performed repairs saving handknits from the trash, I succumbed to the irresistible urge to start something new:
not blocked, but pinned so you can kinda sorta see the pattern
It’s Vice Yarns Carnal in Waterlily, a 70/20/10 blend of merino, cashmere, and silk yumminess. Over the weekend I just had to use it to try out a new design idea: Fountain Lace (from Barbara Walker’s A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns) knit into a square from the center out, with narrow strips of faggoting between the sections.
I like the effect of the combined stitch patterns, but I’m not sure where I want to go from here. Options include:
- One large square, finished off with a sideways knit-on edging. Eh. I’m not too keen on square shawls: you usually see them worn folded in half to create a triangle, and I think that’d obscure the patterning here.
- Three or five squares of moderate size, joined with the same bit of faggoting to create a stole, again finished with a sideways knit-on edging. Mm. Could be okay.
- Three or five squares joined to create an “L.” Hmm. Interesting. Might be more wearable than a stole. Might not.
- One square of moderate size, with two of its sides extended to create a stole or an “L.” Hmm. I kind of like this idea, if only because it would leave more room to show off the Fountain Lace.
What do you think?
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