the lime green swatching interlude continues
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
This week has been filled with as much writing and swatching as I could possibly squeeze in, between clients, and teaching, and travel, and Easter things, and puppy snuggles.
This weekend I was up at my parents’ for a combination of Easter festivities, and a dentist’s visit. I spent most of the week, and the train rides that bookended the weekend, typing away at a steady clip.
Then I spent my time this weekend swatching, and swatching, and swatching some more – at least, between eating a ton of food, and seeing a ton of family, and snuggling with the puppy dog. (I even took advantage of the ball winder I have up there – how I ended up with two ball winders, I do not know.)
Between last week’s swatches, and this weekend’s swatches my giant mason jar overfloweth with lime green swatches. And since I have to stop adding shapes to this update at some point – the end of this green swatch knitting interlude is close but not quite here yet.
“Ordo” – a new brain bending shawl pattern
Order and chaos.
Order created from chaos.
Chaos facilitating order.
One begins – the other follows.
The two swirling around each other.
Two strands of yarn,
twisting around each other,
creating a whole new color.
Intertwining paths,
built with negative space,
splitting, intersecting, looping back around.
‘Ordo’ is Latin for “order, rank, or class.”
Order begets chaos. Chaos begets order.
Add a stitch. Create a hole. Make some lace.
The Important Pattern Details:
Yarn: 1,750 yards of lace weight yarn; 2 skeins of Toil & Trouble’s “Filament (Merino Silk Lace)” colorways: ‘Smoke Signals’ & ‘Apollo’
Two strands of lace weight yarn (one strand of each colorway) are held together throughout the shawl. This gives you a marled fabric, and at the same time, lets you use a not so itty bitty needle.
Needles: US 5s (3.75mm) 40″ circular needles; larger needles for binding off
Notions: stitch markers (8); tapestry/yarn needle
Gauge: 20 stitches & 34 rounds = 4 inches (10 cm) with smaller needle, in washed and blocked stockinette stitch
Dimensions: 40 inches (101.5 cm) blocked diameter
Skills Used: reading charts; casting on; knitting; k2tog, ssk, yo, k3tog, k3togtbl; binding off; weaving in ends; blocking lace
Please note that this lace stitch pattern is charted only.
Queue and purchase the pattern here on Ravelry.
Here’s the Ravelry link.
New Photos of Old Shawls
My birthday was a couple weeks ago, and I got a new camera, which found it’s way into my hot little hands Saturday evening. So this morning I grabbed a couple (slightly wrinkled) shawls to play around with it.
KORA
EIRWEN
YUKI
GENE TIERNEY
I can’t wait to play, explore & experiment some more…
All of the knitting patterns for these shawls are available on Ravelry.
Kora. Eirwen. Yuki. Gene Tierney.
