phoenix knitting
Sep. 5th, 2007 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyMonday, I had suggested a quiet crafty day for myself and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrpet.
I had intended to do a swatch for a lace shawl project. I did, in fact, do that swatch, and what it led me to understand was that the project was wrongheaded. An alpaca silk blend will not suit for lace. Yup. You learn something new every day. I haven't yet decided what I will do with that yarn, now - that was the purpose I had bought it for. I still want to use it, since it's so soft. We'll see what develops. I wish I hadn't given someone two balls of it, thus reducing my stash from around a thousand yards, perfect for a shawl, to only 800.
So, then I was considering swatching again. I have some orchid cotton/tencel that I had been trying and failing to make a shawl out of, a few years back, which I was considering using to make a camisole/boyshort set. And I thought, "You know, the lace definition on this really looks wonderful - maybe I can get past my previous problem." And I did so (although perhaps not in the exact manner that the pattern creator advised). And I moved on. I am totally going to have this shawl, even though the stitch "purl two together from behind" is probably always going to be a pain in the ass (and is NOT as kinky as it sounds). Finishing a project I had gotten stuck on! I never knew it would be possible.
And now I'm thinking about, possibly, ordering some NEW YARN to make a lingerie set with. Yes - very dramatic and exciting, as I almost never buy new yarn these days. I'm into the idea of making boyshorts and a cami rather than a bra, so I might change the pattern a bit, or pick out a different top and make it with the same stitch pattern.
It's really neat to be wanting to knit again.
mrpet.I had intended to do a swatch for a lace shawl project. I did, in fact, do that swatch, and what it led me to understand was that the project was wrongheaded. An alpaca silk blend will not suit for lace. Yup. You learn something new every day. I haven't yet decided what I will do with that yarn, now - that was the purpose I had bought it for. I still want to use it, since it's so soft. We'll see what develops. I wish I hadn't given someone two balls of it, thus reducing my stash from around a thousand yards, perfect for a shawl, to only 800.
So, then I was considering swatching again. I have some orchid cotton/tencel that I had been trying and failing to make a shawl out of, a few years back, which I was considering using to make a camisole/boyshort set. And I thought, "You know, the lace definition on this really looks wonderful - maybe I can get past my previous problem." And I did so (although perhaps not in the exact manner that the pattern creator advised). And I moved on. I am totally going to have this shawl, even though the stitch "purl two together from behind" is probably always going to be a pain in the ass (and is NOT as kinky as it sounds). Finishing a project I had gotten stuck on! I never knew it would be possible.
And now I'm thinking about, possibly, ordering some NEW YARN to make a lingerie set with. Yes - very dramatic and exciting, as I almost never buy new yarn these days. I'm into the idea of making boyshorts and a cami rather than a bra, so I might change the pattern a bit, or pick out a different top and make it with the same stitch pattern.
It's really neat to be wanting to knit again.