day 19

The benefits of being at home today - some yarn arrived (Kauni effektgarn):

I already have a skein of greens/yellows and I was thinking of doing a scarf in an all-over pattern using them both, perhaps a Latvian pattern or one from Anna Zilboorg's sock book.

I have finished the Forest Canopy Shawl and here it is in its unblocked state. It won't get blocked very soon because there's no space anywhere to spread it out.

I had to juggle with the edging in order to have enough yarn to cast off. I had to rip back and then leave out the last row before the two-row cast off. I don't think it shows.

Here's a peak preview of the next shawl on the needles:

The pattern is from Evelyn Clark's Knitting Lace Triangles, which is little book containing four lace patterns plus an edging that you can mix and match to design your own triangular shawls. I tried the ripple stitch but kept getting hopelessly lost. This is the flower pattern - a lot easier. The yarn is some lovely soft lambswool that I bought from Patricia Roberts's shop. The yarn is two-ply and had been skeined up three-stranded. I decided to separate the strands - a decision I regretted before the end, as did the two unwilling helpers I had to enlist as an emergency! But now I'm glad I did that because this is nearly as soft as the cashmere with just a hint more crispness and I think it will block really well.

I'm still having a break from the Blue Bowl fair isle, but I had better return to it before it becomes a ufo!

Comments

[maylin]

Does the Patricia Roberts shop still exist? I have loads of her books (and even some UFOs that have become cat blankets)from years ago (the 80's?)