Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Knitting on a Stormy Spring Day

A stormy day here in New Orleans...tomorrow is predicted to be stormy too.  I don't turn on the quilting machine when there are thunderstorms, so no quilting today; probably none tomorrow either.

But that's OK...plenty of other things to do.  For example, I spent the morning burying threads on the "Queen" and painting the fabric for the binding, and printing my label.

After that, and some housekeeping chores, I took out the knitting.  I have really not done much knitting the last few weeks, so it was nice to get back to it.

You may remember, I'm working on 2 lace shawls...both red; both the same pattern.  One is lace weight merino that I'm beading as I knit; the other not beaded and with Aloft yarn (a lace kid mohair/silk blend).

They are both about 36 inches long now.  I work on the beaded one during the day because I need to sit at a table to do the beading  part; and the non beaded one at night.  I like both of them!

OK, photos..beaded first





and the non beaded one



different but both nice, I think.

 

 

 

3 comments:

  1. Very pretty! We've been having very unseasonable weather...it's been in the 80's. Does Bouree help you knit?

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  2. They are both so pretty and I love the placement of the beads. Another thing on my bucket list :-)

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  3. Wonderful.....knitting relaxes me after a day of standing and quilting......finally finished my cat Bordhi footprint sock...pretty neat. Love the idea of the cardboard footprint as a "take along" pattern...will try to make some for great grand kids .....

    Thanks for sharing

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