I love this! You all should run right over to Brooklyn Tweed and get his pattern (or rather, his pattern modifications) for the Hemlock Ring Doily-turned-Lap-Blanket. It's very large-scale lace, which makes it fun and just what I needed to satisfy my lace-knitting urge without frustration.
One of my LYSes even had Ecological Wool on sale yesterday, so I bought 2 skeins and some size 10 DPNs. Eco Wool comes in a number of natural shade, all very close to one another. This one is called Antique (8019).
I cast on this afternoon, using the famous Emily Ocker circular cast-on, which wasn't at all fiddly at this size. I knit the first 20 rows on DPNs, then switched to Denises, which will make it easy to lengthen the cord as needed.
This is my mom's Christmas gift -- I don't think she reads my blog -- but I may need to make one for me, too. It only takes a skein and a half of Eco Wool (which come in huge hanks), so maybe I'll run over and get another in this same lot, just in case......
7 comments:
Speedy and non-frustrating - sounds fabulous!
That will be a fantastic doily/blanket.
I don't know, you wowed me with your long tail cast on--I don't know if I could handle seeing another cast on! ;-)
As much as his perfect pictures drive me nuts, that was a cool lap blanket. Can't wait to see yours done!
Ooh. Fast and lacey-like! Sounds like a good time.
Fast, Lace-like, and Warm! Who could ask for more??!!
Very n ice, and a good solution to the lace-weight fiasco we all find ourselves in sometimes.
That is very nice. It makes me want to abandon my lacewt, size 2s shawl
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