(warning: lots of technical knitting details ahead…so if you aren’t into that kind of detail, just skip this, or read the first half, which isn’t so technical.)
Yesterday I spent four hours in a knitting store painstakingly paring down a pattern in Barbara Walker’s Third Knitting Treasury. It was a seven-rayed leaf or feather pattern (I’ve [...]
Well, I have finally decided on my new project…a peacock shawl.
No, that’s not a new shawl design, it’s a theme…it will be a Faroese-type shawl, shaped like angel wings, with a peacock theme. (Here’s a photo of a very lovely Faroese shawl: http://www.nwkniterati.com/movabletype/archives/PinkTea/000476.html )
I plan to alter the design, though, to eliminate the rectangle [...]
And very pretty it is: http://www.travelingtiger.com/crafts/spiral.htm
It is a 68″ shawl, fine enough to pass through a woman’s wedding ring, about 2300 yards of handspun silk/merino yarn–15 months and 350+ hours of work. I spun the whole thing on a drop spindle.
It was a real bear to block–normally I block on the rug in the [...]