The Lace is on...

I cast on my newest knitting project last night, and this is what my lace shawl looked like at about 10am this morning during a gale. I’m knitting the Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark as seen in the Fall 2006 Issue of Interweave Knits

For this shawl, I’m using a 1-ply merino. It’s currently off-white, although we have big plans to dye the shawl before I call it complete. That pattern calls for 50g of baby alpaca and I have 3/4 of a kilo of merino. I’m sure I’ll have a bit of yarn left over to do a few dye swatch samples. I’m actually thinking of knitting up some simple lace scarves to use as dye samples. Or maybe not. I have a while to decide.

Knitting a lace shawl is one of my goals for 2007. Before this, the closest I came to lace was an intricate poncho that used all the same stitches you would use for lace, but it’s not something I could ever call lace. If you knit that aran blanket poncho in the middle of scorching August heat you’d probably agree with me, too.

I’ll keep you updated on the progress…

... speaking of progress, I’m almost done the back cover of the fabric book round robin from 2006. I’ve received my book back and am stitching away trying to finish the remaining pages before I bind it. Photos to follow upon completion.