crafty update

[snugglekitty]

So, last night my box of goodies from knitpicks.com arrived. Eight balls of light gray alpaca/silk, two large balls of sock yarn to dye, and a copy of Knitting Heaven and Earth. Final birthday present from redjo. Whee!! I'm very, very excited about this.

This means it's time to start planning that dyeing party with starkeymonster. I am going to have pink and red socks and no one can stop me!!! I might do the other batch in blue and purple, or something.

This also means that I need to come up with a pattern to use with the gray alpaca. I'd like to do a shawl, probably a rectangular one - beyond that, I need to think more. I want to do a dragonfly pattern but alpaca isn't great for lace, since it's slippy. Or, I could wait to decide until I finish my four projects in process and do the next two I have planned. That would probably be okay. :)

Also, everyone in knitting said, "Simple Knits for Cherished Babies is the bomb!" I got it out of the library and am actually not that excited by it. I'm more into making small projects (booties and hats) that are really cute. You know, booties with ducks on them, hats that look like pies, etc. Happily, there seem to be a lot of patterns online.

Comments

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

I did my lace shawl in alpaca. I used bamboo needles because they catch better.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Cool. :) Perhaps this is an attainable desire, then.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

It's sitting and blocking but soon you can see it.

Also, lace weight doubled can be used for scarves. Like Knitty's "branching out"