I got out all my
white/ivory/ecru/beige yarns and asked Shannon to come over and pick out the
yarn. And the thing is, for some strange reason, I included this cone of French
angora that has been on my shelf for at least 15 years and it’s a mid gauge thickness,
3/10– all the rest were standard gauge weight. I had a couple of garments near
to show her choices of tuck lace, lace carriage laced, thread lace and my
hand-transferred lace Church Cardi, done on the LK150. Wouldn’t you know, she
zeroed in on the angora and the leaf and Battenburg stitch patterns of the
Church Cardi and then I had to make it worse by saying that I didn’t really
like shawls anyway because you have to hang on to them and it might be nice to
have something more like a cape style that could be buttoned at the neck and
leave your hands free. Cripes! I’ve been sweating for the past two weeks,
worrying about how I was going to do this. First of all, I have only 10 ounces
of the angora and I’m already worried about running out. Then, I’m thinking,
sideways knit, okay but these stitch patterns are not really going to look that
great sideways and add in some shortrowing and I just wanted to throw my hands
in the air and say I give up!
But, you know I’d never do that… and then, yesterday,
in a flash of brilliance, I remembered this cool shrug from way back in
Knitwords #9, summer of '99 – I called it ‘a different shrug’ and it was knit in one piece and
could be the perfect canvas for any of those lacy patterns – the cast-on edge
at the lower back is curved and drapey, there are darts at the shoulder to
create a cap sleeve and omg, I’m so excited! Now, if I can pull this off! ;-)Sunday, April 23, 2017
what's a shrug?...
Have you ever had one of those times when you’ve
regretted that generous offer you made to do something for someone? Well, it’s
not like I am begrudging my time or efforts but I was seriously concerned that
I wouldn’t be able to come up with something she’d like. Let me backtrack a bit
and tell you the whole story. Manfriend’s son is getting married and I thought,
it’s kind of like family and seeing as how I’ve been making things for the
brides in my family, I could offer to make something for Shannon. She showed me
a photo of her dress - it is beautiful with an illusion neckline and a plunging
back. The wedding is mid-June and I know it’s going to be cooler in the evening
at least and the venue is an old barn/farm setting that isn’t likely to be
heated. Her dress was called blush but it isn’t really – the lining is blush but
the lace overlay is ivory. When I made the offer, I thought I could dash off a
rectangular stole easily – my thought was thread lace - and use it as a sample
in one of the classes I am teaching at the Carolinas Guild Seminar (May 4, 5/17
in Raleigh, Carolinasmkg.com ).
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