lace and cable cap

Need a fall hat?

Here’s the pattern!

Queue it up on Ravelry.

swatching the night away…

So, I joined the “Secret of the Stole” knit-along and the first assignment was to swatch, which I did.  I had some stash Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud in peppermint heather and (oddly) a few strings of freshwater seed pearls and voila, swatch number one, which I quite like.  It was knit on the recommended US4 needles.

Never content to leave well enough alone…

Knit had a sale. So, while I was loading up on Noro Silk Garden at 50% off (woo-hoo!), I noticed Merino Oro. Of course that was not on sale, but at $16 for 1375 yds who cares?  Now, the Oro is a good bit thinner than the Alpaca Cloud (really cobb weight, I think), but I was curious, so enter swatch number two (on US1.5s).
So, what do you think? Gray or pink?

 

Branching Out

So the Prairie Tunic was getting cumbersome on my straight needles. Off to the yarn shop I go. Intending, of course, to grab a new Addi Turbo circular and run. Somehow a ball of Rowan Kid Silk Haze found its way into my hands (color: pearl). Having the attention span of a 3 year old mainlining pixie stix, I immediately cast on Branching Out. What a fun, fast lace pattern!

Trellis Scarf

1. Photographing unblocked lace is very difficult.
2. Photographing blocked lace probably isn’t much easier.

Luckily, knitting lace is pretty fun. I’m on the 7th repeat of the Trellis Scarf from the Spring 2006 issue of Interweave Knits. KnitPicks’ Alpaca Cloud (in horizon) is kitten soft and, at $4 per 440 yds, quite a bargain. Knitting such fine yarn on US5 needles is a bit odd at first but, as this is my first lace project, knitting laceweight yarn would likely be odd on any size needle. So far, so good.