Successful Swatching
Isn’t it nice? I got a thank you gift from Amy for the yarn I sent her last month. Some peach tea and a gift card to Barnes & Noble. (And everyone knows that I can find a use for that.) Knitting people are nice.
I made another swatch tonight for my Chai lace. As promised, I went back to my pattern books last night and picked out a couple of different possibilities–ones that are a little more “knit” and little less “air.” I came up with this diamond-shaped, trellis pattern, and knitted it up with all four of my yarn colors. Now that they’re all together, I don’t think that top one goes quite so well with the other three as I thought, but I still like it. And the sheen to this yarn! So, so gorgeous.
Now I’ve got the lace pattern picked out, I’ll figure out what I need to do to fit it into the shawl, the best shape for the shawl . . . all that kind of stuff. With luck, I’ll be already to go when the actual yarn arrives.
I pre-ordered the “3 Cornered and Long Shawl” book by Sigrídur Halldórsdóttir from Schoolhouse Press today. It’s been out of print, but is just being republished–in whichever Scandinavian language it was written in. (I’m not sure which one.) But Schoolhouse Press is offering the book–with all the illustrations and such–and the English translation of the patterns. I hope it’s worth it! This is what happens when you have a new lace addiction, I suppose.
Oh, and Cindy, one of my best friends just started a blog. She’s more of a “dog” person than a “knitting” person (though I did teach her to knit a year or two ago), but please stop by and say hello. She’s the mom of Chappy’s best friend, Horatio (the Corgi) and also owns a retired-racing Greyhound named Princess. She even has a store in Boonton called “The Greyhound and the Corgi.” (There’s a webstore, too, but she’s taken it down to do some work on it.) Anyway, take a trip over and say hello!
And, oh yes–some computer frustration. My father hit the rest button on our router and . . . poof! . . . back to the manufacturer’s settings. All the security things I had to turned on were gone . . . all except its memory of my password . . . which it refuses to agree is the same one I’ve got. So, I can’t get in to make any changes, but in the meantime, while we’re all online, we’re “insecure.” Sigh. I’ll just keep telling myself I love computers, I love computers….
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Aren’t computers great? And that security stuff? Zoiks. I left my apartment this morning and headed out the emergency exit only to stumble over two guys camped out with their laptops on the stairs just inside the doorway. They explained they were “just trying to get a signal.” Yeah. There’s a reason my wireless is password protected.
very nice, i like! i see that the harlot ironed her shawl when she was done. are you going to do that too? can’t wait to see the progress on it when you get started!
Oh Deb I love it…and I think the top color works well with it. The stitch pattern works well also, it’s very close to the FBS pattern. OK, you must let us know the colors when you get them in the mail!
There are many days I wish computers were never invented. While they are great at times, they have turned us into a society that can’t live without them. Even on vacation we’re checkign our e-mail, or answering our cell phone. There is very little relaxation left. I think al lhumans should be forced for two weeks out of every year to go completely technologically free, maybe then we’d all calm down a bit.
That Chai yarn looks amazing. Is it fun to knit with or is it a troublemaker?
Hey there! I’m coming out of lurk-dom to thank you for mentioning that “3-Cornered and Long Shawls” is available for pre-order. I have been drooling over the few pictures I could find on the ‘net for a while now. How did you find this out? (Needless to say, I will be pre-ordering a copy today
). Also, you do lovely work. Your lace is gorgeous!