It started with a lovely lace-weight alpaca yarn, which unfortunately only came in muted blue and purple tones. My preference is for brighter shades, but the fibre was nice enough that I overcame my reluctance. I started on a feather and fan lace scarf. After about half a metre of knitting I flagged and stopped.
The project sat in my to-do box for many months. I pulled it out a few weeks ago. I felt bad about it, but couldn't convince myself to restart the lace knitting. On the other hand, I respected what I had done too much to pull it out. Then this idea popped into my head. Could I turn it into something else?
First I added a bit more length in garter stitch. The next step was to block the lace to make it look its best. That happened yesterday morning. As soon as it was blocked I was happy to have saved it. I stitched the short end of the garter stitch section to the side of the feather and fan section. Here's the result.
I like it. In fact I almost love it. Yes, I would prefer it to be a bit brighter, but I'm sure I'll wear and enjoy it as it is. And I have enough of this yarn left to try overdyeing it to spark it up a bit. There's a 100 meter skein in the dye pot as I'm typing. This story will be continued.
It's beautiful! It's lovely the way the different stitches display the colour variations. Can't wait to see the next one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Teresa--a tiny skein with a bit of extra purple is rinsed and drying now.
ReplyDeleteIt looks pretty. I really want to see a pic of it on you. time for a selfie? Or perhaps a friend to take the pic.
ReplyDeleteThis is very beautiful! Nice work...
ReplyDeleteThanks, a selfie would involve putting on some nicer clothes. My old blue sweatshirt is not going to make this look good:)
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