My Knitted Veil is finished

I just finished blocking this last night. I wasn't sure about having to follow two sections of a chart, but it wasn't so bad--thank...

Opera Fichu

Hi all! I'm new to the group - just wanted to post that I'm knitting the Opera Fichu from VLT - I'm using it as my "starter...

An introduction, and the requisite question

Hi everyone, I'm so glad to be a part of this KAL, it will help tide me over at the office til I can get home and work on my shawl! I am...

Another newbie here ;)

Hi my I am so pleased that I have been accepted to join this KAL and love the VLT book . I have had it a while but just couldn't make up...

New Member

I am so excited to join this knitting group as we all "like very strongly", the word "love" has escaped me at this point...

The First Taste

I love teaching people how to knit. I love witnessing that moment when you see the confused expression wash away and a big yellow light bul...

My first knitted-on border

I don't know why I was so nervous about this. After a few false starts, and a moment of hilarity when I realized I was going in the wro...

Melon melon, who's got the melon?

That doesn't sound quite right somehow. LOL What is right, though, is that I'm making lovely progress on my Melon shawl, and enjoyi...

the demise of the three cornered shawl

Oh the pain. I just completely frogged the Three Cornered Shawl I've been working on for days. I had about 6" complete and discov...

Unlucky clover

Soooooo.... I started the clover pattern shawl, as previously noted; I finished 11 loooong rows, and started on a 12th; and then my darling ...

I'm a new poster so I'll do a quick introduction. I live in Seattle with my son and my husband and though I do a lot of "textur...

Nobody else

seems to be working on my current shawl. I chose the "Stripes and Torchon Lace" on page 158. The shawl is a present for my best fr...

Started a new one (three-cornered shawl in clover pattern)

Apparently I'm thoroughly addicted to lace, because I've started my third project from the book. This time it's the "three-...

Need help - Scarf w/No. 20 Edging

I'm on a cruise ship in the middle of the Caribbean, with my Scarf with No. 20 Edging project. I photocopied the directions so I wouldn...

Join the club

The project that has served most useful to me this winter is, hands down, Red-Light-Special . I loved it even before the vindictive cold sn...

So Much Yarn, So Many Patterns

So little time in the day to knit. My DH and DS got me the book, and a bunch of lace weight yarn for my birthday back in December, and I fi...

Black yarn!

Wow is Kidsilk Haze ever black. LOL It's like a hole that absorbs all light and won't let any get by. It's stunning. I haven...

Two shawls going on

I've been knitting on two pieces from Victorian Lace Today. During the day, I work on the Syrian Shawl in Kidsilk Night in the Macbeth c...

Adjustments

You all recall the little honeymoon phase I had with the February Baby Sweater from Knitter's Almanac over the summer, right? And the...

Fine tuning those needles

I know everyone has their favorite needles to knit particular projects with. For lace I alway like to use bamboo. Angela commented on her po...

I am Proud to present..........

Project: Alpine Knit Scarf - pg. 36 Yarn: Jade Sapphire (Cashmere) Color: Blueblood Red - Color way #4 Yardage Used: 1000 approximately (2 ½...

Confused - And a Question

First off, I've finished the Alpine Lace and it's currently blocking......I hope you have a picture for you to see in the next day o...

Jaeger Alpaca 4 ply

I've been lurking for a while, watching what everyone else is making and trying to decide which shawl to knit first. I have decided to u...

A Milestone! and a question...

I've finished the center panel of the large leaf and trellis rectangle on p. 54. Woohoo! Now I'm ready to start my first knitted-o...

Shutting down to new members...

Well it has been over 3 months since Stephanie and I first started this KAL . We have had a fantastic response from all of you girls and fo...

Hello Bonnet

Backed dangerously between multiple deadlines, some of which are knitting related, stress has begun to play its tricky little games on my we...

Scarf is complete

This is scarf (pg. 90). It was a very quick and easy knit. I especially like how I didn't have to cut the yarn at all to add the edgin...

Scarf with the striped border from Weldon's 1890

This is the 'easy lace' scarf on page 80. Yarn is Cherry Tree Hills Laceweight Cascade silk in the colourway 'foxy lady'. I ...

Carolyn's Alpine Lace Beginnings

I've decided on using US 2 (2.75 mm) needles for this project, and am definitely going to need more yarn than I've got to finish it....

Wicked black

I joined up a week or so ago after finally picking out the pattern I want to knit first from this incredible book. I love so many of the sha...

A fichu, blocked

The fichu has been blocked. I did include a bit of starch in the blocking - adding about 1/4 cup to 6 quarts of the soaking water. I probabl...

New member with Melon-Stitch-Shawl

Hello everybody, I'm new to the group. Many thanks for inviting me. Recently I started my first project from Victorian Lace Today: The M...

Beginner Sampler Shawl--complete!

I finally finished this shawl. The border was easy to do and easy to remember, but just really tedious. It was a 12 row repeat. I did tho...

Started... and completed... fichu

I kept meaning to post about this before I actually finished the harebell lace fichu, but I sometimes shun my computer for days at a time, ...

yarn portrait | friday

sundara yarn | 50 merino 50 silk | 250 yds . 100 gms | dk hand-dyed in seattle, washington

yarn portrait | thursday

scout's swag | 80 superwash wool 20 nylon | 325 yds | sock hand-dyed in albequerque, new mexico by scout j

yarn portrait | wednesday

sundara yarn | 100 silk | 1000 yds . 100 gms | lace hand-dyed in seattle, washington

yarn portrait | tuesday

sundara yarn | 100 merino | 175 yds . 100 gms | worsted superwash hand-dyed in seattle, washington

Humble Beginnings

This is the beginning of the handsome triangle shawl pictured on page 32. I plan on using the ruffle edging in the back of the book. I am us...

yarn portrait | monday

cabin cove mercantile | 50 merino 50 tencel | 410 yds . 4 oz | sport hand-dyed in boston massachusets by david daniels

Alpine Lace Scarf Finished

Here are a couple of pictures of my finished Alpine Lace Scarf. I knitted it much longer than in the pattern and it came out wider too. It...

Getting close to the end

Since I'm located in the south, it's not very often that we come up with an actual 'Snow Day'. But this past Friday we act...