Finally Finished Object: Ishbel

I finally got around to blocking Ishbel yesterday, so now she can have her official FO post. (Because, you know, a project isn't finished until it's gotten its blocking and had its picture taken). And of course, the vital statistics: Ravelry Project Page Pattern: Ishbel, by Ysolda Teague Size: Large Stockinette, Small Lace Yarn: Elsebeth…

an almost-FO, and something new

Yesterday morning, I bound off Ishbel: It still needs a good blocking, but it's so humid here right now that I'd rather wait...it seems like it would never dry if I tried to block it right now! I'm following my usual practice of not considering this a finished object (either here, or over on Ravelry)…

Icarus, complete.

My blocking wire kit arrived yesterday, and I took advantage of being able to work from home today to block Icarus this morning. The results? Gorgeous. I am so in love with my new shawl. Before I overwhelm y'all with more photos, here are the details: Ravelry Project Page Pattern: Icarus Shawl, by Miriam Felton,…

it’s blocking!

I'm working from home today, so I took the opportunity to block the shawl. The final few rows nearly killed me, I think (a cast-off that requires you to essentially knit every stitch twice, when there are a good 450 stitches in the row...well, it takes awhile). But now that it's all pinned out...holy crap,…

penultimate shawl post

I had a busy week, going back to my regular schedule of classes and meetings and whatnot, so I didn't find any time to post last week. Which is really quite alright, since I wouldn't have had much to post about. The one and only thing I am working on, crafting-wise, is the shawl for…

ridiculously proud.

I totally wore myself out with my spinning escapades this morning (it doesn't take much to totally wear me out right now, though), so I barely have the energy to write a blog post, but I'm just so giddy about this that I have to post something: I made useable yarn! This morning (day four…

Hey, I don’t hate lace!

A couple days ago, I started over on my future sister-in-law's shawl using fingering weight yarn instead of laceweight, and I'm very pleased with the results: My fingers are so much happier with the fingering weight yarn, and I was able to reach the point where I'd given up on the laceweight version in less…