The Cap Shawl, or, Cotton Candy Fluff

I finally started the second chart of the Cap Shaw this week. Since the pattern is no longer an endless stream of YoK2tog's, it is start...

New Project

I have started the Melon Shawl. I am using JaegerSpun Zephyr in Violet and I have finished about 15-20 rows of the center panel so far. I am...

Melon finished

Yes! But 3 skeins of Kid silk haze wasn't enough. Had to buy one more skein. I made a seaweed-like scarf from the leftovers and anothe...

Victorian Ruby finished

Or should I say Victorian Amethyst? I made this using leftover yarn from my Swallowtail shawl . I decided that I was definitely on the wrong...

Help Please

Oh Wise Ones! I'm hoping someone can help me understand a pattern, please. Page 88 of Victorian Lace Today. It tells you to cast on 36 ...

Large Rectangle Shawl

My large rectangle shawl is finished and blocked just in time for the lovely spring weather we are having. I did deviate from the pattern ...

New Yarns

Sweater update: I'm 6 inches into the yoke and still going strong (total yoke depth is 10"). I'm hoping to get all the knittin...

Finished!

I completed the Large Rectange with Leaf & Trellis Pattern on page 54. The project entailed a number of firsts for me: knitted-on border...

Victorian Ruby

I've finished the first border and the middle, and now I'm supposed to cast on for the second border. But I seem to be on the wrong ...

My Edgy Curve

Remember this post where I stalled since I didn't like the edging for the curved shawl? Well, after some thought, I decided to try the ...

Victorian ruby: Finished

i'm so happy to finally have something to post! i finished my first project from VLT, which i have been working on for about 2 1/2 m...

It's finished

I've finished my Three Cornered Shawl in Clover Pattern! I chose not to add the willow border along the hypoteneuse as it would have add...

Sleeves

I'm here, snoozing through the sleeves on the Aran. Leave it to the sleeves to really take the wind out of your sails. I've been p...

Very proud

Just want to show off a quick pic of my border. My first ever border and on the 2nd attempt I managed to roudn the first corner successfull...

So many Melons...

After finishing my variation of the Melon-Stitch-Shawl I had to wait some rainy days just to take this picture finally in the bright sunligh...

Its so hard to capture

the texture and details of a circular shawl, but this was the best that I was able to get. The shawl is the Cap Shawl. The pattern calls for...

Color Study: Reds

need help with A handsome Triangle

For those who has finished the Handsome Triangle I have a question. On row 106 there are two knit together beside each other in the beginnin...

Enough yarn?

I know I've read several posters here say that the yarn requirements specified in the book were not enough. Is that generally true or on...

Finally Starting

Here I have finally cast on for the Alpine Lace Scarf. I was so inspired by so many beautiful examples here on this blog. Yarn: Jagger-Spun ...

Color Study: Greens

So much closer

I'm making great progress on the three cornered shawl in a clover leaf pattern. I've just finished the first repeat of chart F (the...

Black melon

This will probably be my last photo until I round at least one more corner. Pictures of the sides are boring... no change. But I did round t...

Border Story

I'm working on the Victoria Shawl at themoment. This is my first shawl with a knitted on border. Doing the border has been worrying me...

Color Study: Purples

my 'wandering traveler' plant ( zebrina pendula ) | pure merino bulky ( handpaintedyarn.com ) in 'pearl'

Double Border Scarf

I've been working hard on the Double Border Scarf on pg 104. I'm on the last rows of the last repeat so I'm very close to the en...

Finally ready to begin!

First, I want to complement everyone on the beautiful shawls I've seen on some of the blogs. They're beautiful! I got my book and ya...

Carolyn's Alpine Lace - Finished!

Yarn: 60 grams of Blueberry Graceful from the Yarn Place. Needles: Size 2 US/2.75 mm Blocked size: 19"x72" Alterations: Scarf ...

Cherry Leaf Shoulder Shawl

For my very first lace project ever, I chose the Shoulder Shawl in cherry leaf pattern from page 134. That may be a "bit" ambitio...

Body Armor

The body is done...

Help for Sonja

Sonja, I answered your question about the Alpine Lace over on my blog . I hope this helps!

Melon progress

I got tons done on my melon shawl over the weekend. I'm amazed at how quickly the edging is gone. And very pleased. I do have to warn yo...

I am still knitting VLT Honest !!

Sorry been awol for some time but I have been knitting 'Melon' all be it at a slower than anticipated speed. I rashly joined a sock ...

Syrian Shoulder Shawl

I did this in my own handspun yarn from a fine NZ romney. It went very quickly and I loved knitting it. I do love lots of endless garter sti...

Shawl Mania

These aren't great photos and nothing is blocked (or even finished!), but I wanted to share some of what this book is doing to me! First...

Sunday Morning

Coffee, a sleeve, and the rest of a quiet day. I thought I'd share. I hope your Sunday morning is feeling this good.

Fiber Fix

Maybe you're sick of seeing me photograph this Malabrigo... but some things can't be helped. I'm endlessly captivated in watchin...

My curve is missing an edge

Hi everyone! Thanks for letting me join you in this KAL. I got this book a while back and had been thumbing through it trying to find the pe...

A trip to the Frog Pond

My Alpine Knit Scarf took a trip to the frog pond this afternoon. I wasn't 100% happy with the needles/yarn combination I was using (KP...

A start to the border

I finally finished up the 62 pattern repeats for the center of my Melon shawl, and started on the border. I've memorized the border repe...

Weaving the Web

If there's one thing my knitting has taught me, its to give as much time to a project as possible during the 'honeymoon' stage. ...

Sweater Planning

My sincerest apologies for my recent disappearance. The non-knitting commitments in my life have been conjuring against us. Despite the sile...