Showing posts with label 4ply. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4ply. Show all posts

Saturday, April 19, 2008

ISE6: Forest Canopy Shawl finished

Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once more... I absolutely adore this pattern and can't recommend it enough as a great beginners lace shawl project. It would also make a quick knit for more experienced lace knitters.

To my surprise, my non-attention span coped with the pattern repeat. I took my time and completed the shawl in two weeks. I imagine the next one will fly off the needles (she says hopefully!).

FCS grows pretty quickly and I can't wait to start another one using DK weight yarn and bigger needles.

Blocking this shawl was fun, if a little bit of a challenge. I've never blocked a triangle shawl before and I got there in the end thanks to Yarnharlot, Eunnyjang and Morehouse Merino.

I do hope my ISE pal will like it.

  • Pattern: Forest Canopy Shoulder Shawl by Susan Pierce Lawrence
    Needles: 4.5mm circular needles, knit loosely
    Yarn: 100g of GeminiKnits sockyarn in 'Pacific', 75g used
    Pattern repeats: Twelve
    Blocked size: 51" x 21"

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

ISE6 - Yarn Purchased

The yarn I ordered before Easter arrived yesterday, all beautifully wrapped and packed. Two yarn cakes of 4ply merino sock yarn from Sarah (Gemini Knits) in various shades of blue, blue and blue!

Sarah is lovely and extremely helpful, even winding the skeins into lovely center pull balls for me (I really don't enjoy winding skeins of 4ply yarn by hand off the back of a chair!)


Blue seems to be the dominant colour on the ISE6 blog so far and I'm amazed at the progress some people have already made!


Now, as per usual, I will be 'umming' and 'awing' for the next few days trying to decide which colourway to use for my pal's scarf. Time to knit me some swatches!

TTFN

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