Posts Tagged “lace”
What have I been doing for the past couple months? Not blogging, clearly. Not knitting, either. Rather, I’ve been working on this: And this: And this: They’re “stitch maps,” knitting charts drawn without grids so you can see what the fabric is really doing. You can read more about them (and play with them!) at […]
An experiment
By JC | April 3, 2013
Remember the center-out square of Fountain Lace that I knit a couple weeks back? I decided to turn it into a stole, extending two sides of the square to create “wings.” But how to make the most of a limited amount of yarn? My knee-jerk reaction was to weigh the yarn remaining after the square […]
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 […]
Catch-up
By JC | March 15, 2013
Goodness, it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. And today would most likely be another no-blogging day, except I have a tiny case of finishitis. (You know, the complement to startitis. It happens, sometimes.) So let’s play catch-up. • February was a big month for traveling. It started with the Visionary Authors retreat – always […]
Lately I haven’t been knitting much because another project has grabbed all my interest, but I still need to have something on my needles, you know? So I’m futzing around with a crescent-shaped shawlette. The idea is to have a pretty scalloped pattern along the bottom edge – namely, this one: – and to fill […]
Fitting
By JC | June 5, 2012
Remember how I said the Be Sweet Skinny Wool clearly wanted to be brioche? The Fyberspates Scrumptious Lace clearly wanted to be lace. And not just any lace: I pictured it looking fabulous in Estonian lace, complete with nupps. I was wrong. Lace, yes. Estonian lace, sure. But nupps? Not so much. Working my first […]
Alchemy
By JC | May 11, 2012
Blocking is such an awesome thing, isn’t it? It can take a ruffled mess like this: And turn it into this: The lace opens up, the peak at the center top disappears, and the ruffled edges turn into smooth scallops. One long blocking wire took care of the top edge, but the scallops required pins. […]
It’s been a couple weeks, but I still have a story to share from my trip to Stitches West. Stitches was fabulous, as usual. A real highlight was getting to see the projects in Betsy Hershberg’s new book, Betsy Beads. Jeez, now I have a hankerin’ to knit some beaded I-cord… But the story in […]
In a couple hours I’m off for a fun-filled weekend at Stitches West. But first, I wanted to update y’all on my projects. The Swirl has really grown: Kind of funky looking, huh? Over the weekend, I bound off across the back neck and along the edges of the lapels, and started increasing for the […]
Blocking makes such a huge difference, doesn’t it? It wasn’t my most patient or meticulous blocking job, but I think it turned out okay. Even the corners look decent: Jane, as always, is ready to model: Vital stats: approximately 21 x 60″ (53.5 x 152.5 cm), with just 4.2g of yarn left over. Would I […]